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Hi Frank,

Why not !
But I never found any Hedychridium with this colour (as your gratiosum ) and I have not the description of H. roseum nanum.
H. caputaureum has a reddish pronotum (more red than in roseum).

As usual, very nice photos (but I repeat myself) !!

Hello I found this specimen late July, in Southern France (Aix en Provence).
Instead of H. roseum, could it be Hedychridium chloropygum ?
Thanks !

Sure, I understand. Thank you for the explanation!

Hi Brian, I'm not sure if this is a male or a female. If it is a male, then it is H. roseum . In case of a female this could be H. chloropygum (females can be without extended violet reflections on T3) or H. rossicum (= [i]valesiense [/i]). Of course, it could be ...

... Crossocerus) nest where the chrysidids were seen (the same site where Hedychridium krajnaki and another similar to He. roseum were found, see recent posts). Any advice gratefully received! Thanks, Brian. Ps: probably ...

... As for this specimen, is there a species group I could refer to? For interest what are the other similar species? Thanks for your caution over ‘roseum’. Brian

Hi,

I'm not sure that this is Hedychridium roseum.
Around Piacenza there are other similar species with the same colouration.

Brian, did you collect the specimen?

Thanks a lot OEV84!

Hedychridium roseum (Rossi, 1790)

... same individual. Trying to match general appearance with images online Hedychridium roseum looks reasonable fit. Is this the correct genus? Is it possible to get to species? Thanks ...