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My 4 year old son is a bug addict. We have been catching and taking pictures of every bug he finds so that we can release them after we have the picture. We then find them in one of our many bug books and keep the pictures in a special book for him. Problem is we can’t classify this one. Can you?
~Joanne
Hi Joanne,
This may be a Blue Mud Wasp, Chalybion californicum, but you did not provide us with a location and that would have helped greatly. We will see if Eric Eaton can assist us. Eric provided this information: “You were right the first time:-) It appears to be a male Chalybion californicum, the blue mud dauber. Chlorion are slightly more robust, and a whole lot more shiny in images this well lit.”
Sorry, we are in Ontario Canada.
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