Ruby-tailed Wasp
My first Ruby-tailed Wasp of 2014. This male investigating my "bee-hotel"; presumably, prospecting for a mate.
Looks like one of the Chrysis species. These parasitise the nests of various Ancistrocerus mason wasps and some other solitary wasp species. Chrysis ignita is also thought to parasitise Red Mason Bee nests.
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Taken on May 5, 2014
Ruby-tailed Wasp
My first Ruby-tailed Wasp of 2014. This male investigating my "bee-hotel"; presumably, prospecting for a mate.
Looks like one of the Chrysis species. These parasitise the nests of various Ancistrocerus mason wasps and some other solitary wasp species. Chrysis ignita is also thought to parasitise Red Mason Bee nests.
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Uploaded on May 5, 2014
Taken on May 5, 2014