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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sceliphrinae » Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphrini) » Blue Mud-dauber Wasps (Chalybion) » Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp (Chalybion californicum)
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Unidentified Wasp - Chalybion californicum
Copyright © 2011 kenner7683

Unidentified Wasp - Chalybion californicum
Tomball, Harris County, Texas, USA
June 2, 2011

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Contributed by kenner7683 on 6 June, 2011 - 4:46pm
Last updated 5 July, 2011 - 9:14pm

Male!
:)
… Bob Biagi, 16 August, 2015 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 5 July, 2011 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

A male Chalybion californicu
A male Chalybion californicum. Nice shot! I have never seen them nectaring before.
… k jkh, 13 June, 2011 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

 
On second thought, this might
On second thought, this might also be a podalonia.....
… k jkh, 13 June, 2011 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I see wasps like these...
all the time on our fennel plant. Is there some body part in particular I need to get a clear shot of to identify it (at least to genus)?
… kenner7683, 22 June, 2011 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Wait never mind it cant be a
Wait never mind it cant be a podalonia because it is metallic. Definitely a chalybion male.
… k jkh, 2 July, 2011 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 June, 2011 - 1:41am login or register to post comments

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