Kim Taylor / Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) feeding on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Surrey, England, July.
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Kim Taylor / Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) feeding on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Surrey, England, July.
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Andy Sands / Chrysid wasp (Chrysis ignita) parasitic cuckoo wasp on Corn marigold flower, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July
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Andy Sands / Chrysid wasp (Chrysis ignita) parasitic cuckoo wasp on dead tree, Oxfordshire, England, UK, August
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Andy Sands / Chrysid wasp (Chrysis ignita) parasitic cuckoo wasp on old wall, Cornwall, England, UK, June
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Andy Sands / Chrysid wasp (Chrysis ignita) parasitic cuckoo wasp on leaf, Cornwall, England, UK, June
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Andy Sands / Ruby tailed jewel / Cuckoo wasp (Hedychridium roseum) cleptoparasite in the nests of the Digger wasp (Astata boops) Surrey, England, UK. June
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed wasp / Cuckoo wasp / Jewel wasp (Hedychridium sp.) feeding on Rock samphire flowers (Crithmum maritimum) on a sandy beach, Algarve, Portugal, August 2013.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed wasp / Cuckoo wasp / Jewel wasp (Hedychrum sp.) feeding on Rock samphire flowers (Crithmum maritimum) on a sandy beach, Algarve, Portugal, August 2013.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed wasp / Cuckoo wasp / Jewel wasp (Hedychrum sp.) feeding on Rock samphire flowers (Crithmum maritimum) on a sandy beach, Algarve, Portugal, August 2013.
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Andy Sands / Ruby Tailed Wasp (Hedychrum niemelai / rutilans), a cuckoo wasp that feeds its larvae on the food stored in burrows by other species. London, England, UK, August.
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Andy Sands / Ruby Tailed Wasp (Hedychrum niemelai / rutilans), a cuckoo wasp that feeds its larvae on the food stored in burrows by other species. London, England, UK, August.
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Andy Sands / Ruby Tailed Wasp (Hedychrum niemelai / rutilans), a cuckoo wasp that feeds its larvae on the food stored in burrows by other species. London, England, UK, August.
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Andy Sands / Ruby Tailed Wasp (Hedychrum niemelai / rutilans) approaching the burrow of Cerceris arenaria which it will parasitise with its larvae. London, England, UK, July.
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Stephen Dalton / Ruby tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) a parasitic wasp, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Ruby tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) a parasitic wasp, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Ruby tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) a parasitic wasp, UK
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed / Cuckoo / Jewel wasp (Pseudospinolia marqueti) feeding on Cretan oregano (Origanum onites) flowers, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.
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Alex Hyde / Ruby-tailed / Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis ignita) on wood. Derbyshire, June
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Alex Hyde / Ruby-tailed / Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis ignita) on white background. Derbyshire, June
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Nick Upton / Cuckoo wasp / Ruby tailed wasp (Hedychrum sp) grooming, Asturias, Spain
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Andy Sands / Ruby tailed jewel / Cuckoo wasp (Hedychridium roseum) London, England, UK
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PREMAPHOTOS / Ruby-tail cuckoo wasp (Chrysis ignita) feeding from Yarrow flowers, UK
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Kim Taylor / Ruby tailed wasp {Chrysis ignita}, UK.
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Andy Sands / Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis ignita) sleeping wrapped around plant stem at dawn, Hertfordshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked.
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Andy Sands / Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis ignita) sleeping on plant stem after rain, Hertfordshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) inspecting the mud chimney built over the nest burrow of its host species, the Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes) on coastal sand bank, Cornwall, England,...
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Pseudomalus auratus) searching for solitary wasp (Trypoxylon and Pemphredon sp.) nests to parasitise in an insect hotel, Wiltshire, UK. June.
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Roman Willi / Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) parasitizing a Potter wasp nest, Lucerne, Switzerland. June.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruby-tailed / Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis comparata) feeding on Rue flower (Ruta graveolens). Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Italy. June.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruby-tailed / Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis comparata) on Mexican daisy / Fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus). Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Italy. June.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Pseudomalus auratus) resting outside insect hotel where its host, Wood borer wasps (Trypoxylon sp.) are nesting, Wiltshire, UK. July.
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Andy Sands / Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) waiting on edge of bee hotel in garden to parasitise nest of Mason bee (Osmia sp) by laying eggs. Hertfordshire, England, UK, May.
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Andy Sands / Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) curled up in defensive posture after being dragged from Silver leaf cutter bee (Megachile leachella) nest tunnel in sand dunes. Cornwall, England, UK. May. Focus...
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Roman Willi / Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) laying its eggs in a potter wasp (Odynerus spinipes) nest before filling in the nest with dirt, Lucerne, Switzerland, June.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) searching for occupied nest burrows of its Potter wasp host species on a coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) inspecting mud chimney built over burrow of its host species, the Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes), coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) emerging from burrow of its host species, the Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes), coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Two Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasps (Chrysis viridula) entering nest of their host species, the Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes), with incomplete mud chimney over the entrance, coastal sand bank, Cornwal...
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) searching for burrows of its host species, a mason wasp (Odynerus sp.), coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) searching for occupied burrows of its host species, Mason wasp (Odynerus sp.), coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) entering mud chimney built over burrow of its host species, the Spiny mason wasp (Odynerus spinipes) as another cuckoo wasp flies past, coastal sand bank, Co...
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Oliver Wright / Ruby tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita). Skipwith Common, Yorkshire, England, UK, June. Focus stacked image.
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Oliver Wright / Ruby tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita). Skipwith Common, Yorkshire, England, UK, June. Focus stacked image.
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Chris Mattison / Ruby-tailed wasp, (Chrysis ignita), a species of cuckoo-wasp,