Seven-toothed Cuckoo Wasp Female, Wing Venation | Seven-toothed Cuckoo Wasp Female, Punctuations | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
Family: | Cuckoo Wasp (Wasp: Chrysididae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Seven-toothed Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis festina) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Female, Ocelli🔎 | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~10.5mm. The trailing abdominal teeth are diagnostic here there are 6 large and 1 small one making 7 teeth (hence the name). Notice it's iridescent green/blue, covered in small, white hairs. The body is also covered in punctuations. | |||||
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