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The '''blue mud dauber''' (''Chalybion californicum'') is a metallic blue species of [[mud dauber]] wasp that preys primarily on [[Latrodectus|black widow spider]]s.<ref name="tamu">{{cite web |url=http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg334.html |title=Mud Daubers |publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] |year=1999 |work=Field Guide to Texas Insects |author=B. M. Drees & J. Jackman}}</ref> It does not build its own nests, but uses nests abandoned by other mud dauber wasps. Like other mud daubers, it is |
The '''blue mud dauber''' (''Chalybion californicum'') is a metallic blue species of [[mud dauber]] wasp that preys primarily on [[Latrodectus|black widow spider]]s.<ref name="tamu">{{cite web |url=http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg334.html |title=Mud Daubers |publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] |year=1999 |work=Field Guide to Texas Insects |author=B. M. Drees & J. Jackman}}</ref> It does not build its own nests, but uses nests abandoned by other mud dauber wasps. Like other mud daubers, it is only aggressive when threatened.<ref name="tamu"/> It is similar in shape and colour to the steel-blue cricket hunter (''[[Chlorion aerarium]]''). Like other types of wasps, males do not have an ovipositor, therefore cannot sting. |
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== References == |
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The blue mud dauber (Chalybion californicum) is a metallic blue species of mud dauber wasp that preys primarily on black widow spiders.[2] It does not build its own nests, but uses nests abandoned by other mud dauber wasps. Like other mud daubers, it is only aggressive when threatened.[2] It is similar in shape and colour to the steel-blue cricket hunter (Chlorion aerarium). Like other types of wasps, males do not have an ovipositor, therefore cannot sting.
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- ^ a b M. C. Day (1979). "The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera Sphex, Chrysis, Vespa, Apis and Mutilla". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 12 (1): 45–84. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1979.tb00049.x.
- ^ a b B. M. Drees & J. Jackman (1999). "Mud Daubers". Field Guide to Texas Insects. Texas A&M University.