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Ruby tailed Wasp ( Iridescent)

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Small attractive Insect (10-11 mm). Head and thorax are green or blue with a bright metallic sheen.. Abdomen is also shiny and metallic, and is ruby-red.

One of several bright coloured members of the Chrysididae family, sometimes called the cuckoo wasp.It lays eggs in the cells of solitay wasps or bees, where its larva feeds on the host's larva.

 

Spotted this little beauty on my daily garden safari😀

 

 

 

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Uploaded on September 6, 2020
Taken on September 6, 2020