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Blue Mud Wasp - Chalybion californicum
Copyright © 2006 Brenda Gardener

Blue Mud Wasp - Chalybion californicum
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 24, 2006
Size: 2 cm
This guy was deceased of unknown causes when I found it, whilst pulling weeds in the flower boxes. I don't know if the photo translates it well, but it seems to be very dark blue, almost black in color, with dark brown wings. I think it's some kind of wasp, but I'm not sure what kind.
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Contributed by Brenda Gardener on 25 June, 2006 - 8:40pm
Last updated 29 June, 2006 - 1:47am

Chalybion sp. (Sphecidae)
Probably C. californicum.
… Adalbert Goertz, 25 June, 2006 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
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