The cuckoo wasp comes in a variety of colors and may be referred to by other names such as jewel wasp, emerald wasp, gold wasp, or ruby wasp. As its name suggests, this wasp is similar to the cuckoo bird because it lays its eggs in the nest of other bees!
Photo: Great River NWR, Fox Island Division/Bruce Henry, USFWS
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