Your web resource on Hymenoptera Chrysididae and Macrophotography

Welcome to Chrysis.net

Holopyga ignicollis (or chrysonota), female - © Yvonnik Lhomer Welcome to Chrysis.net, your web resource on Hymenoptera Chrysididae and Macrophotography.

Chrysidids – other common names are Cuckoo-wasps or Ruby-tailed wasps – are colorful solitary wasps, parasitoids or cleptoparasites of other insects - generally other solitary wasps and bees. Chrysis.net website offers a lot of textual and photographic resources on Chrysidids and deals also with Photography, with a particular attention to equipment and macrophotography.

Chrysis.net restyling 2009

Chrysis.net website has been restyled for the third time from its birth. The new layout is more modern and flexible, offering a lot of benefits to visitors and to search engines. read more

New and changed features

We have started to work at some new features, like the Guestbook and the annual Macrophoto Contest. In the meantime, you can take a look at the roadmap of the development of the site.