Ruby Tailed Wasp Taken at Musselburgh on 10th May 2017 using a Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Ruby Tailed Wasp. Species: Order: Family: Chrysis ignita. Hymenoptera. Chrysididae. Larval Food: Adult Food: Habitat: Feature: The eggs or larva of the host wasp. The stored food of the host Found near walls, quarries, bare cliff faces, and around dead wood  This is a cuckoo wasp. Cuckoo wasps are kleptoparasites  – they lay their eggs in the nests of other wasps.