Chrysididae - Cuckoo Wasps by Knot4u
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Description
These wasps are parasites, and like their namesake cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species (wasps or bees in this case).
Comments (8)
Cyve
Very beautiful shot !!!
NightGallery
Great catch, LOVE these guys, so cool looking, yet so tough to get shots of being so small. Nice job.
A.C.Wolfe
Great shot! Electric Cyan
giulband
beautiful macro !!
bebopdlx
Have never seen one, cool looking.
CavalierLady
Well captured, they are fascinating insects.
jayfar
A new one on me and this is a spot capture of it. A superb macro.
sossy
amazing colered wasp! never seen one like this! I only know the blind cuckoo in black! ;o)