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Large Bright Metallic Green Spider Wasp, Maybe Auplopus? - Chlorion aerarium - female
Copyright © 2020 Daniel K. Horner

Large Bright Metallic Green Spider Wasp, Maybe Auplopus? - Chlorion aerarium - Female
River Haven Drive at 2100 feet in the Sierra foothills, Mariposa County, California, USA
September 25, 2020
Landed on stairs in a residential flower garden. Only got one almost decent photo. Was constantly flicking its wings. The color was the brightest metallic green I have ever seen on a spider wasp. It was quite large, but noticably smaller than Pepsis thisbe I have seen here.
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Contributed by Daniel K. Horner on 25 September, 2020 - 6:46pm
Last updated 12 July, 2021 - 10:19pm

Moved
Moved from Chlorion.

Range appears to exclude other species such as C. cyaneum.
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