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Gold wasp -Chrysis subcoriacea This is a side view of the same wasp :-)<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125462/cuckoo_gold_wasp_-chrysis_subcoriacea.html" title="Cuckoo Gold wasp -Chrysis subcoriacea"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2298/125462_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=9Q%2BNBELpQb1GUSjv4qWw4GWFdrM%3D" width="200" height="154" alt="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 :-)<br />
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It looks like Chrysis subcoriacea based on the images in this article but please correct me if my current ID is wrong:<br />
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324532511_De_Nederlandse_en_Belgische_goudwespen_van_het_genus_Chrysis<br />
https://vespa-g2n.jimdofree.com/chrysioidea/chrysididae/chrysis-subcoriacea/<br />
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https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125468/gold_wasp_-chrysis_subcoriacea.html Belgium,Chrysis subcoriacea,Cuckoo Wasp,Geotagged,Spring" /></a></figure> Belgium,Chrysis subcoriacea,Cuckoo Wasp,Geotagged,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Gold wasp -Chrysis subcoriacea

This is a side view of the same wasp :-)

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 :-)<br />
<br />
It looks like Chrysis subcoriacea based on the images in this article but please correct me if my current ID is wrong:<br />
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324532511_De_Nederlandse_en_Belgische_goudwespen_van_het_genus_Chrysis<br />
https://vespa-g2n.jimdofree.com/chrysioidea/chrysididae/chrysis-subcoriacea/<br />
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https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125468/gold_wasp_-chrysis_subcoriacea.html Belgium,Chrysis subcoriacea,Cuckoo Wasp,Geotagged,Spring

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It is a wasp of the Chrysididae family.

Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Dec 9, 2021. Captured May 27, 2019 16:14 in Hollestraat 2, 3051 Oud-Heverlee, Belgium.
  • SP-820UZ
  • f/3.7
  • 10/1000s
  • ISO80
  • 5.7mm