Cuckoo Wasp (Gold Wasp)

Common Name: "Cuckoo Wasp (Gold Wasp)"
Other Names: "Gold Wasp"
Scientific Name: Various spp.

TAXONOMIC BREAKDOWN:
The Taxonomic Breakdown is the scientific way to categorize a partocular insect species from its largest group (Animalia) to its smallest (variable). The Genus and Species categorizations taken together make up the species' scientific name shown above, in this case Various spp..

Kingdom: Animalia

 Phylum: Arthropoda

  Class: Insecta

   Order: Acari

    Family: Chrysididae

     Genus: Various

      Species: spp.

The Cuckoo Wasp (Gold Wasp) is also known by these other names:

Gold Wasp

The Cuckoo Wasp (Gold Wasp) has been identified by site users by the following descriptors:

green    emerald    black    winged    wings    flying    transparent    fast    agile    outdoors    summer    eyes    antenna    six-legged    small    stinging    harmful

The general likelihood of encountering this insect based on a given month of the year in the state of Tennessee. Generally, the best sighting months are June through August with peak occurring in July.

Below is a representation of the 'smallest-small' and 'largest-large' sizes commonly associated with the Cuckoo Wasp (Gold Wasp). Due to monitor differences, sizes may not be exact on your particular screen. Conversions to millimeters are provided for convenience.

Below you will find the colors most commonly associated with the Cuckoo Wasp (Gold Wasp). Both Primary and Secondary colors are represented in the showcase. Due to monitor differences, colors may not be exact representations.

The Cuckoo Wasp (Gold Wasp) can be found in the following Tennessee counties:

Anderson; Bedford; Benton; Bledsoe; Blount; Bradley; Campbell; Cannon; Carroll; Carter; Cheatham; Chester; Claiborne; Clay; Cocke; Coffee; Crockett; Cumberland; Davidson; De Kalb; Decatur; Dickson; Dyer; Fayette; Fentress; Franklin; Gibson; Giles; Grainger; Greene; Grundy; Hamblen; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardeman; Hardin; Hawkins; Haywood; Henderson; Henry; Hickman; Houston; Humphreys; Jackson; Jefferson; Johnson; Knox; Lake; Lauderdale; Lawrence; Lewis; Lincoln; Loudon; Macon; Madison; Marion; Marshall; Maury; McMinn; McNairy; Meigs; Monroe; Montgomery; Moore; Morgan; Obion; Overton; Perry; Pickett; Polk; Putnam; Rhea; Roane; Robertson; Rutherford; Scott; Sequatchie; Sevier; Shelby; Smith; Stewart; Sullivan; Sumner; Tipton; Trousdale; Unicoi; Union; Van Buren; Warren; Washington; Wayne; Weakley; White; Williamson; Wilson.