Trichrysis cyanea

Trichrysis cyanea, female, one of the most ubiquitous chrysidids in northern Europe, often observed on sun exposed, dead, wood.

 

From the article: An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species 2015 Paukkunen, Berg, Soon, Ødegaard and Rosa.

 

Press release with short summary; blog.pensoft.net/2015/12/28/seventy-four-cuckoos-in-the-n...

 

Full article (open access): zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6164

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