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Hello, during almost 3 weeks, I've been searching some beetles in S. France and also some Cuckoo wasps. Here is a few of them (I saw more but I didn't photograph much the species that I already found the previous years).

Feel free to correct me if I made some mistakes in the ID's.

Chrysura cuprea :





Chrysura candens :



Pseudochrysis [Pseudospinolia] uniformis :



Chrysis cf. valesiana :

Chrysis immaculata (Thanks to Thibault for ID !):



Chrysis varidens :



Chrysura filiformis :



Chrysis gracillima :



Chrysis indigotea :

Chrysis mysticalis :





Chrysis continentalis :








More pictures soon of the C. splendidula complex

simply ... no words ...


I have only two comments:
Spintharina versicolor: it's a Chrysis varidens
Chrysis graelsii: with that colour it's very likely Chrysis valesiana.

Congrats, beautiful pictures for beautiful species

Many thanks Paolo! Actually the tarsi are dark so it is not Spintharina of course

Great if it could be C. valesiana, obviously this one is different from the C. graelsii found the previous years at the same place. Though except the color, I couldn't find much infos about the differences...

Here are 2 specimens for which I struggle.. I would say either C. continentalis or C. insperata/rutilans, what your guess ?

Specimen N°1 (T3 was very dark under daylight) :

Specimen N°2 :