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very nice pictures!

Hello,

I observed this Chrysididae on a Eryngium campestre on the 29th of July in Oye-Plage in the north of France. I think of a Hedychrum rutilans, what do you think ?

Cordially Maxime

Hi Paul,
How do you find Hedychrum chalybaeum ??
I never found this species, even it have a large distribution !
I find often gerstaeckeri, rutilans, sometimes niemelai, in sandy area, nobile (but not in my region :s), longicolle is very common in south of France... but no chalybaeum ^^.

In this subject here I read than it could be insperata too.
So I go to see black marcks on the sternites and genital plate.

... I found this year 2 males Chrysis (one in Besançon, departement of Doubs, one other male in Doucier, departement Jura) during may. I found it is rutilans, but the coloration is strange, and these specimens look like aurotecta or continentalis (pronotum & scutellum lighter than scutum). What ...

Victor!

beautiful pictures!

It Hedychrum rutilans Dahlbom,

Cheers
Paolo

Maxime

Nice specimen.
Yes, it's a Hedychrum,
yet I suspect a male of H. rutilans.

Merci,
Paolo

Hi,

to me it looks like a female of Chrysis rutilans. If I'm wrong Paolo will correct me...

All the best Paul

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