Cuckoo Gold wasp -Chrysis subcoriacea

I could not believe my eyes and my luck when I saw one day this beauty very interested in the creivices of one of our very rusty house windows! This happened in May 2019 and unfortunately I have not seen one alike ever since then but now I know they are around, in my area :-)

It looks like Chrysis subcoriacea based on the images in this article but please correct me if my current ID is wrong:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324532511_De_Nederlandse_en_Belgische_goudwespen_van_het_genus_Chrysis
https://vespa-g2n.jimdofree.com/chrysioidea/chrysididae/chrysis-subcoriacea/

comments (9)

Christine Young

Lion

Lucky! What a gorgeous wasp. It's like nature's jewels. Posted 3 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  It was really small and hovering in this crappy window frames we have in our bathroom :-D I think she was trying to look for a nesting crevice. it was so nice! Nature entering your house :-) it happens a lot here in the spring and summer from moths to grasshoppers, bees, wasps :-D Posted 3 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    We get spiders and pseudoscorpions inside during winter. In summer, it's the occasional fly or bee plus many moths and caddisflies. Posted 3 years ago
  2. 1. Patomarazul
      
      Lion
      
      We actually have a bunch of resident spiders in different locations of the house..we always keep them. If we find one that is too big we evict her to our terrace with a nice mini garden. Scorpions I have not seen in muy house, I think is not warm enough here for them..I have seen them when I have been on trips in other areas of the world and inside the cabins we rented. No kidding when they say to always look inside your shoes before sticking your foot in if you do not want to have a painful surprise! Posted 3 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        We have resident spiders too! I adore them :). The pseudoscorpions are just tiny critters, not real scorpions, thankfully! They are only about 3 mm long and can't bite or sting.
        
        Here's one that lived in my bathroom a couople years ago:
        
        Posted 3 years ago
      2. Patomarazul
        
        Lion
        
        Wow! Nice, I had never seen these before! :-) Posted 3 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        They are so cute because they think that they are 'tough guys', but are so tiny, harmless, and cute! Posted 3 years ago

Wesley Goorachan

Lion

That is stunning! Posted 3 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  yes, they look like little jewels, I can't believe such beauties exist. The only less nice part of them is their cuckoo like behavior for reproduction :-) Posted 3 years ago