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... for them in August. About Philoctetes , no, I coudn't find it, neither Hedychridium cupratum (I sent you an email about this few days ago). Cheers ! :thanks:

Hi Jerome,

yes, the quality of the pictures is improved! Now try with the same colour background.

I think you're right, your specimen looks like a Hedychridium cupratum!

Check if there are wrinkles in the median part of scapal basin.

Cheers
Paolo

Other test (use flash = thoracic colour is more realist).

What do you think about this specimen ?

... see a small red & black sphecid, as Tachysphex, Miscophus or Astatinae some minutes before this Chrysid, & Lasioglossum on flowers). Why cupratum : colouration (exit roseum group, remark : scutum & pronotum are more red than in the pictures) ; big puncture (not as coriaceum) ; Metallic ...