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Photo#422861
wasp - Hedychrum - male

wasp - Hedychrum - Male
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 5, 2010
Size: ~7.5mm
Looks like one of the Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae)

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Moved
Moved from Elampini.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Could it be . . .
a spider wasp?

 
stay with
Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae)

 
Yes!
Probably Holopyga ventralis, but definitely in the Elampini tribe.

 
Hedychrum
Definately genus Hedychrum, not Holopyga.

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