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One more question: is this Chrysis marginata?

PostPosted: 14 Sep 2020 16:02
by briang
Well, I thought I’d had all my questions answered, but I would appreciate confirmation or correction of this one. I thought it must be Chrysis marginata, based on strong resemblance to another individual from the same area identified in this forum as marginata. Have I made the correct assessment? Would be good for confidence next year! Thanks, Brian.

Re: One more question: is this Chrysis marginata?

PostPosted: 14 Sep 2020 18:53
by Euchroeus
Hi Brian!

Yes, :ok:

Locality?

Re: One more question: is this Chrysis marginata?

PostPosted: 14 Sep 2020 20:16
by briang
Thank you Paolo, sorry I forgot the location and the date: Val d’Arda (PC), N Apennines, 7 August 2020. I hope the particular site within Val d’Arda - a 100 metre stretch of mixed earth and rock banking alongside a high-level single track road - is as productive next year! Just by good luck I found one rock partly covered with small rock flakes where as many as four different chrysidid species would come to hide and rest overnight without being scared off by me staring at them just a few cms away!
Best wishes, Brian

Re: One more question: is this Chrysis marginata?

PostPosted: 15 Sep 2020 11:04
by Euchroeus
Hi Brian,

perfect, if you will visit Emilia again the next year, you can contact me and I'll show you some other places in the sorroundings.

:beer: