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... caught me this beautiful Chrysis in La Verdière (83560, Var, France) ten days ago with a yellow plate. I think it's something near that Chrysis rutilans ore more probably insperata for the scutum and third tergum blackish, but the shape of apical margin with the two central teeth very close ...

Thank you very much, Paolo !!!
Glad I wasn't wrong.

Hi Victor,

No,

You're right this is a male of Hedychrum,
but this is not Hedychrum virens.
Specimens of Hedychrum virens usually may have double size compared to the Hedychrum rutilans that you see on the same flower.
Unfortunately we cannot identify this one.

Cheers

Hi Victor!

Yes, you're right, this is (likely a female) of Hedychrum rutilans.

Ukraine, Rivne region, July 5.
Is it true I think it should be Hedychrum rutilans?
Found in a forest clearing in a pine forest on sandy soil.



Here she is on the right:

... for nesting but I assume the substrate is favourable. Also present is Hedychrum rutilans, kindly identified in this forum (post on 21 August). At first I didn’t recognise ...

OEV84 wrote:Hi Brian. In your picture is a female Hedychrum rutilans Dahlbom, 1854.

Hi Brian. In your picture is a female Hedychrum rutilans Dahlbom, 1854.

... some Chrysidid (often less than 5 by session, except some station when Hedychrum rutilans is very abundant), and I don’t have opportunities to photograph specimens in natura. ...

Thank you very much