Species Account for Hedychridium roseum
Hedychridium roseum (Rossi, 1790)
a cuckoo wasp
Aculeata: Chrysididae
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Taxonomic group: bees and wasps (Aculeata) - County data
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Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Threatened
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parasite on Astata boops
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Hedychridium roseum occurs from Cornwall to Kent, northwards to East Norfolk, but the vast majority of records are concentrated in the southern heathlands of Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey. Edwards (1998) states that work for the atlas suggests its national status should be reviewed (to Nationally Scarce). The wasp is a cleptoparasite of the sphecid wasp Astata boops and both species are rare in Essex with few records. References
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