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Many thanks Paolo, I keep all your infos in mind so I can recognize this species next time !

This is new one for me, and yes, we are here very close to UK !

... no comment on the low quality of your pictures :beer: Ok, this is Chrysura rufiventris . You can separate this species from Chrysura hirsuta by: - apical margin of the abdomen (apical margin of 3rd metasomal tergum) downcurved ...

... but the vein seems to reach the wing margin... So I guess it could be Chrysura hirsuta (long hair on T3) but Im not 100% sure. Thanks in advance :) 51219288731_abdac4775c_o.jpg ...

Hi chrysidid-fans :wohow: , I think it is a Chrysura of radians species group : propodeum is gibbous with a basal depression ... angulate propodeum (exit refulgens, rufiventris & trimaculata). Chrysura hirsuta is a mountain & septentrional species, and it has no depression on the ...

... Bees : Megachilidae), found some nests of the rare Osmia pilicornis and Chrysura hirsuta is mentioned as cleptoparasit of the bee. More information in this paper : here

... radians group (= pustulosa in Linsenmaier 1959) : head convergent to the clypeus ; male with flagellomeres rounded bellow + many species (except hirsuta + some other species in south of Europe) : metanotum +/- angulate posteriorly. (view in profile). hirsuta : black setae on metasoma, radians ...

... fulgida, Pseudomalus auratus, Hedychridium coriaceum, Chrysura hirsuta, (in moutains of Switzerland)... During the last week, I have seen some Chrysis (may ...

Yes its a Chrysura sp., but I cannot help you further, hopefully Paolo will be able to give a species ID. It could be something around C. hirsuta (if it has dark brown/black hairs on the posteriolateral edges of tergite 2, which it doesnt ...

:welcome: Ivelina! It should be Chrysura trimaculata (Foerster)- However the long dark hairs on thorax are also typical of C. hirsuta . Since I cannot see the hairs at the end of the abdomen, it's important to know where this picture ...