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Ruby Tailed Wasp - Chrysis ignita
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· Date: Sat November 21, 2009 · Views: 996
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Keywords: Ruby Tailed Wasp - Chrysis ignita
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Bruce Williams

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Sat November 21, 2009 3:27pm

Super shot of a difficult subject.

Bruce

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ps, Do click it again to see higher resolution image - it's even better! B
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Sat November 21, 2009 3:37pm

I love this species and this is a lovely shot!

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Sat November 28, 2009 6:13am

The Chrysis ignita group of species are extremely complex and very difficult to determine, even with pinned specimens. I would advise re-labelling as C. ignita s.l. (sensu lato) or C. ignita agg.
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Ukwildlifeo

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Mon November 30, 2009 10:10am

Thanks folks. I found it warming up on a fence post where it posed nicely

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