#3553 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Hedychrum rutilans

Hedychrum rutilans

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © wp-polzin · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © AfroBrazilian · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. 5527 Hapert, Nederland:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 6708 LP Wageningen, Netherlands:© Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. 5856 Wellerlooi, Niederlande:© Peter Bönnen · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 6731 Otterlo, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 1759 SC Callantsoog, Nederland:© jaaph · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6576 JD Ooij, Nederland:© gijskurstjens · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 5977 Evertsoord, Netherlands:© Erwin Sieben · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Hedychrum rutilans is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae). The species occurs primarily in Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and in North Africa. The head and thorax are metallic green with red spots, while the abdomen is red. The color is more green and partially golden in the male and more extensively golden-red in the female. The body is somewhat hairy.

base stats

NL sightings 91iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,676iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 91 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
1,676 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom in 1854 (172 years ago).

fact sheet

scientific name: Hedychrum rutilans
class: Insecta
order: Hymenoptera
family: Chrysididae
sightings in NL: 91
sightings in Europe: 1,479
sightings worldwide: 1,676
GBIF records in NL: 5,689
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1854 by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 469708, Wikidata Q293292, GBIF 4494169, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.