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Mark McCaughrean on Nostr: Happy to spot one of these little jewels in the garden this evening. It's a cuckoo ...

Happy to spot one of these little jewels in the garden this evening.

It's a cuckoo wasp in the family Chrysididae, often in bright metallic colours due to light interference effects.

There are over 3000 species & many in this emerald-green & ruby-red scheme, so making an exact ID from a photo is challenging.

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