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strange wasp, maybe chrysis, maybe not

PostPosted: 13 Jul 2012 23:39
by pietsje
Maybe I'm on the wrong forum but this wasp I found today (14-7-2012), Alpi Marittimi. Northern Italy. It is a problem for me to which genus it belongs. Maybe not Chrysididae but the head certainly looks lke it (but the rest doesn't :( ) Small, about 4-5 mm.

Re: strange wasp, maybe chrysis, maybe not

PostPosted: 14 Jul 2012 10:35
by Euchroeus
Ahah! :D

That's funny!
These are 2 Halictidae (bees) in couplation!
:beer:

Re: strange wasp, maybe chrysis, maybe not

PostPosted: 14 Jul 2012 23:20
by pietsje
Paolo, hahahahaha, I didn't see it, I must be blinded by the colours of Chrysididae (;-)