Cockroach-hunter

Guides

• Chlorion cyaneum

  purplish-blue cricket hunter, Iridescent Cockroach-hunter Wasp

  Chlorion cyaneum, commonly known as the purplish-blue cricket hunter or iridescent cockroach-hunter wasp, is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is a solitary predatory wasp that hunts cockroaches as prey. The species exhibits a distinctive metallic blue to purplish coloration and is found in North America and Middle America.

  solitary-wasppredatorcockroach-huntermetallic-bluethread-waistedSphecidaeNorth-AmericaMiddle-America