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Blue Mud Wasp - Chalybion californicum - female
Copyright © 2014 Gary R. McClellan

Blue Mud Wasp - Chalybion californicum - Female
Sarasota County, Florida, USA
October 11, 2014
Captured flying around in my bedroom.

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Blue Mud Wasp - Chalybion californicum - female Blue Mud Wasp - Chalybion californicum - female
Contributed by Gary R. McClellan on 11 October, 2014 - 8:58am
Last updated 8 October, 2017 - 12:12pm

Female
6 abdominal segments = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 21 August, 2015 - 3:29pm

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