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Omalus aeneus (Fabricius, 1787)
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
Saproxylic species

Records: 4

First Record: 1986

Latest Record: 2006

1992-on hectads: 2

Pre-1992 hectads: 1

Total hectads: 3

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parasite on stem & wood-nesting sphecids

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This metallic violet and green ruby tail wasp is an uncommon southern species. It is recorded as a parasitoid of the larvae of stem- and wood-nesting Sphecid wasps of the subfamily Pemphredinoninae. There are records for only three widely scattered localities in Essex. References

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