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Japanese Blue Mud-dauber Wasp

Chalybion japonicum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 0, February 1, March 3, April 39, May 50, June 32, July 16, August 15, September 1, October 4, November 0, December 0.
China161
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region86
Taiwan69
Taiwan Province68
Japan20
Yilan County9
New Taipei9
Hualien County7
Yunlin County6
Taichung6

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyThread-waisted Wasps · Sphecidae
GenusBlue Mud-dauber Wasps · Chalybion

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