Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Pack Forest
Washington State
July 10-12, 2009
Details...

Photos from the 2009 gathering
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Chalybion » Blue Mud Wasp (Chalybion californicum)
Photo#47378
Blue Mud Dauber Nest - Chalybion californicum
Copyright © 2006 Jackie

Blue Mud Dauber Nest - Chalybion californicum
Essex, Ontario, Canada
Blue Mud Dauber Nest. Wasps appeared 3rd week in June and stayed until the end of August. A group of them, possibly all males collected under a window sill near the nest and stayed there day and night.

Images of this individual: tag all
Blue Mud Dauber Nest - Chalybion californicum Blue Mud Dauber Congregation - Chalybion californicum - male
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Jackie on 10 April, 2006 - 3:53pm
Last updated 10 April, 2006 - 6:28pm

blue mud wasp nest?
I was under the assumption that blue mud wasps/blue mud-daubers didn't make their own nests, but used old nests of others. I have a similar-looking structure on my front porch, complete with the darker brown "patches" in the holes.

My question is: Are the darker patches the mud-work of the blue dauber, is it the larvae, or something else altogether?
… karenp, 19 July, 2007 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

Very interesting!
Fascinating structure!
… HandsOff, 28 June, 2007 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact