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Hello Pietsje,

Chrysis viridula Linnaeus.
You can ID easily this species thanks to the long and erected white hairs on the legs.

Ciao

Is it possible to id this one? Rather small, about 6 mm
Kind regards,
Pietsje

Although the last year I saw this species several times, I am not very sure in my appreciation of the size.
I wonder if a view of the sternites would be useful in this case. This is another specimen, shot on 29/5/2011.

Thanks !

Hi,
this was a medium size Chrysidid; it's difficult for me to be very precise, but I think around 7 mm. For example, it was somewhat smaller than the female of Chrysura varicornis that I saw in the same place.

Thanks !!

Hola Jose, do you remember the size of this specimen? it looks like the female of Chrysis sehestedti gogorzae , but there are other similar species around Madrid (in Mingo 1994 is under the wrong name: Chrysis magnitudina Linsenmaier: Linsenmaier himself placed magnitudina ...

Hello,
this is another from Madrid, Spain. 3, June, 2011.

Thanks in advance.

... paper discs treated with an extract from another cuckoo wasp species (Chrysis viridula). The behavior to paper discs treated with a cuticular extract from H. rutilans females ...