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Species Chalybion californicum - Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
No Taxon Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
No Taxon Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps
Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps
Subfamily Sceliphrinae
Tribe Sceliphrini - Mud-dauber Wasps
Genus Chalybion - Blue Mud-dauber Wasps
Species californicum - Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp

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