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Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Wasp nest - Chrysis angolensis

Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
September 5, 2006

The final chamber contained this wasp - but I thought the metalic green wasps were all parasites on other species. If that is true, I'm still no closer to knowing who built the nest.

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Wasp nest - Chrysis angolensis

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Contributed by Steve Scott on 6 October, 2006 - 9:30pm
Last updated 14 August, 2010 - 11:33pm

Moved

Moved from Elampini.

… Villu Soon, 14 August, 2010 - 11:33pm

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Chrysis angolensis

In my opinion this is Chrysis angolensis. It has the characteristical mesopleura (Elampini don't have mesopleura like that), very dark wings and darker bluish third tergum are both also are characteristical for Chrysis angolensis. In this pose it really looks shorter and stouter as Elampini are and the teeth at the end of abdomen (existence of which would exclude all Elampini) are just not visible from this photo. And last but not least larger Elampini are always parasites of only ground nesting wasps but Chrysis angolensis is known parasite of mud daubers.

… Villu Soon, 14 August, 2010 - 11:31pm

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Thanks

for the erudite analysis!

… Steve Scott, 16 August, 2010 - 10:05pm

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Moved

Moved from Elampinae.

… Matthias Buck, 8 May, 2008 - 2:25pm

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Moved

Moved from Cuckoo Wasps.

… Matthias Buck, 8 May, 2008 - 2:21pm

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Moved

Moved from Cuckoo wasps.

… Ethan Friedman, 1 April, 2007 - 7:08pm

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Cuckoo Wasp

I have never seen a mud nest exactly like the one in the first image, though I would guess it is the nest of some sort of potter wasp. The adult Cuckoo Wasp seen here appears to have been nearly ready to leave the nest; Cuckoo Wasps I believe are common parasites of potter wasps. I have seen plenty of them here in Florida emerging from Eumenes nests.

… Jeff Hole, 6 October, 2006 - 10:47pm

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