| Cuckoo Wasps of the Chrysidinae subfamily (Chrysidinae sp. (Latreille, 1802)) |
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Scientific name: Chrysidinae sp. (Latreille, 1802) Common name: Cuckoo Wasps of the Chrysidinae subfamily French name: Guêpes-coucou de la sous-famille des Chrysidinae Order: Hymenoptera Family: Chrysididae Wingspan : 3 to 12 mm. Biotope: Geographic area: All continents except Antarctica. Observation period : |
Chrysididae are small hymenopteran wasps with beautiful metallic colours. They are parasitoids of other insects. As they are used to laying their eggs in the nest of these other insects, they are called cuckoo wasps. The members of the Chrysidinae subfamily show metallic colours on the entire body. The members of the other subfamily, Cleptinae, only show metallic colours on the front parts of the body. The abdomen has only three visible segments. The four last ones are folded inside. Telling species part is very difficult. There are about 231 Chrysididae species in France. |
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Guests at my insect hotel in my garden were visited by this little metallic blue Cuckoo Wasp. It is possibly Trichrysis cyanea but a view of the last tergite would be needed to confirm. |
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The photographer is tempted to take a nice photo of the front while the naturalist would have preferred a nice photo of the back. |
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I took several shots but they all look a bit similar. |
André Bon October 2024
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