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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) » Chloriontinae » Chlorion » Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp (Chlorion aerarium)
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Blue Spider Wasp - Chlorion aerarium - female
Copyright © 2018 Steven Mlodinow

Blue Spider Wasp - Chlorion aerarium - Female
Adobe Creek Reservoir, Kiowa County, Colorado, USA
July 14, 2018
Big shiny blue wasp with black wings. Seemed longer than the Hemipepsis (probably ustulatus) in area, more like Pepsis. More photos and higher resolution pics available

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Contributed by Steven Mlodinow on 18 July, 2018 - 8:56pm
Last updated 19 July, 2018 - 8:56pm

Moved
Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 19 July, 2018 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.

Note the threadlike petiole. Looks like Chlorion or Chalybion (I can never tell those apart). The experts will know.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 July, 2018 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Arg
I still have such trouble classifying wasps. Didn't realize that the thread waist was truly limited to thread waisted wasps. Thanks Much
… Steven Mlodinow, 19 July, 2018 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

 
You'll find spindly petioles...
...in some other groups (aphid wasps and some Ichneumonids come to mind)--but they're not as likely to be mistaken for Pompilids.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 July, 2018 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

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