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Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp - Chlorion aerarium
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Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp - Chlorion aerarium
Griffith Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 12, 2019
Size: 1 inch approximately
Found two of these Cricket-hunters visiting some holes and cracks along the edge of this trail. Much of the trailside brush has been removed for fire prevention.

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Contributed by gregslak on 12 August, 2019 - 8:04pm
Last updated 13 August, 2019 - 7:29pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 13 August, 2019 - 7:29pm

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