Thanks Thibault, that's funny because I found the T3 somewhat different from cuprea, but I didn't look closer to be honest because I'm not familiar with Chrysids of Middle East. 10 days in the country and I saw only this one, visiting yellow flowers. I caught ...
Hi Frank, I wonder if it could be Chrysura declinanalis (like in this post : viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52087&p=85111&hilit=declinanalis#p85111), the metanotum looks not enough angular for cuprea or oraniensis and I seem to see a ledge at the apex of third tergite. Great catch if ...
... years). Feel free to correct me if I made some mistakes in the ID's. Chrysuracuprea : 52109954452_f98c28ecf4_o.jpg 52114166532_4dbfe11b4e_o.jpg Chrysura candens : 52115192846_29baf7e3e6_o.jpg ...
... a rather poor image of a chrysidid that turned out to be one of the Chrysuracuprea group, probably C. cuprea itself. Thanks again to Alex and Paolo for the ID! On 26 May ...
... is hard enough, getting a somewhat good one is very hard! It's a female Chrysura sp., in the cuprea -group, while it is usually C. cuprea in Europe, tergite 3 on this individual looks ...
... is hard enough, getting a somewhat good one is very hard! It's a female Chrysura sp., in the cuprea -group, while it is usually C. cuprea in Europe, tergite 3 on this individual looks ...