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Ormyrid Wasp

DateFri 2012-09-07

A metallic blue wasp: a female Ormyrus sp, probably Ormyrus nitidulus = Ormyrus tubulosus (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae). 

Although I see these quite frequently in Whiteknights Park, this is the first one I have seen in and around Chazey Wood.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-26.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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