Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) searching for occupied nest burrows of its Mason wasp host species on a coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK.

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Ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp (Chrysis viridula) searching for occupied nest burrows of its Mason wasp host species on a coastal sand bank, Cornwall, UK, June.

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Size: 4451px × 3338px
Location: Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adult, blue, british, chrysidae, chrysis, colourful, cuckoo, england, europe, green, hymenoptera, insects, invertebrates, iridescence, iridescent, kingdom, metallic, parasite, parasites, parasitic, red, ruby-tailed, summer, uk, united, viridula, wasp, wasps, wildlife