Chrysura cuprea Insect Solitary Cuckoo Wasp Parasitoid Hymenopterus Crysididae

Chrysura cuprea mm 6-10 Insect Solitary Cuckoo Wasp Parasitoid Hymenopterus Crysididae.
Family: Chrysididae.
Common name: Cuckoo Red Wasp, Golden Copper Vespa, Copper May Pendant.
Syn. Chrysis cuprea, Chrysis coerulipes.

Chrysura cuprea (Rossi, 1790) is a species of cuckoo wasps, an insects of the family Chrysididae. It can reach a length of 6-10 millimetres. Body is almost entirely metallic golden-red, only the sides of the rear part of the chest and the legs are metallic bluish.
This himenopter fly from May to July. The larvae live as parasites of larvae of Osmia species.These quite uncommon wasps can be found in the area of Southern and Central Europe and in North Africa.
They prefer temperature-favored regions with little vegetation, especially dry grasslands and rocky slopes