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Cuckoo wasp (media.kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by psyspoop@kbin.social to c/entomology@mander.xyz

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[–] Bugger@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Gorgeous! It reminds me of those heavy metallic flake paintjobs popular with hot rods and show cars.

[–] psyspoop@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Found crawling around on Helianthus anuus leaves. I wish I got a better pic but it was tough since it was so small and moving around a lot. If anyone knows species, please let me know. Location was eastern Nebraska

[–] GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

sees name

"cuckoo wasp"???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_wasp

TIL a new taxon of hymenoptera. A very iridescently pretty taxon.