Hedychrum ardens
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| ( Coquebert , 1801) |
Hedychrum ardens is a species fromthe golden wasps family (Chrysididae).
features
The wasps reach a body length of 3.5 to 5 millimeters. Her body is colored metallic red, there are golden areas on the thorax . The pleura , the legs and the postscutellum of the males are colored green. The scales on the wing joint ( tegulae ) are not shiny metallic. It is very difficult to distinguish the species from the other species in the genus Hedychrum .
Occurrence
The species occurs in North Africa and Europe, east to the Middle East. They colonize low-temperature, slightly overgrown habitats with sand and loess. The animals fly from late May to early September. They can be found widespread in Central Europe.
Way of life
Hedychrum ardens parasitizes mainly in the digger wasps Tachysphex pompiliformis , Oxybelus bipunctatus and probably also in the Tachysphex nitidus complex.
swell
- Rolf Witt: Wasps. Observe, determine. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1 .