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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Cuckoo Wasps & allies (Chrysidoidea) » Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae) » Chrysidinae » Chrysidini » Chrysis
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emerald insect on mint leaf - Chrysis
Copyright © 2012 John A. Basanese

emerald insect on mint leaf - Chrysis
Paicines, San Benito County, California, USA
August 1, 2011
Size: smaller than a housefly
Caught my eye!
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Contributed by John A. Basanese on 23 August, 2012 - 2:04pm
Last updated 20 September, 2012 - 3:46am

Moved
Moved from Chrysidinae.
… Villu Soon, 20 September, 2012 - 3:46am login or register to post comments

 
Moved from...
When you move an image is that because you don't think the ID is correct?
… John A. Basanese, 20 September, 2012 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
It doesn't happen often, when
It doesn't happen often, when I see incorrect identifications here. Mostly I move photo when I can provide more exact identification than the photo currently has. In this case the photo was identified only to subfamily level but I was able to recognize its genus and moved it accordingly.
… Villu Soon, 20 September, 2012 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
thanks!
… John A. Basanese, 20 September, 2012 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 23 August, 2012 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Euperilampus triangularis?
Could this be a parasitc wasp?
… John A. Basanese, 28 August, 2012 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

 
Moved
Is there an identification for this insect?
thanks,John
… John A. Basanese, 27 August, 2012 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

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