Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 1045: Hedychrum rutilans

Hedychrum rutilans
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Hedychrum rutilans
Hedychrum rutilans (Hedychrum rutilans) – species of family “Cuckoo Wasps“

Hedychrum rutilans is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae). The species occurs primarily in Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and in North Africa. The head and thorax are metallic green with red spots, while the abdomen is red. The color is more green and partially golden in the male and more extensively golden-red in the female. The body is somewhat hairy.

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