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Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp

Chalybion californicum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 75, February 77, March 122, April 240, May 460, June 324, July 385, August 264, September 154, October 126, November 79, December 71.
United States9,839
Canada3,276
Ontario2,623
New York1,249
Texas1,025
Ohio804
Illinois761
Quebec588
Michigan524
Virginia485

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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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