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Chalybion californicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Genus:	Chalybion
Species:	C. californicum
Binomial name
	Chalybion californicum; (Saussure, 1867)
Synonyms
	Pelopeus californicus Saussure, 1867; Sphex caeruleus Linnaeus, 1763; Sphex cyaneus Fabricius, 1775;

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The blue mud dauber (Chalybion californicum) is a metallic blue species of mud dauber wasp that is the primary predator of black widow spiders.^[2] It does not build its own nests, but uses nests abandoned by other mud dauber wasps. It is not normally aggressive.^[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.

References

^ ^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.

[Day-1] 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.

[tamu-2] B. M. Drees & J. Jackman (1999). "Mud Daubers". Field Guide to Texas Insects. Texas A&M University.

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-{{Taxobox
 | image = Chalybion californicum, F, side, MD, PG County 2013-08-08-14.01.04 ZS PMax (9557305454).jpg
 | name =
+| taxon = Chalybion californicum
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| authority = ([[Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure|Saussure]], 1867)&nbsp;<ref name="Day">{{cite journal |author=M. C. Day |year=1979 |journal=[[Biological Journal of the Linnean Society]] |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=45–84 |title=The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera ''Sphex'', ''Chrysis'', ''Vespa'', ''Apis'' and ''Mutilla'' |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.1979.tb00049.x}}</ref>
-| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
-| classis = [[Insect]]a
-| ordo = [[Hymenoptera]]
-| familia = [[Sphecidae]]
-| genus = ''[[Chalybion]]''
-| species = '''''C. californicum'''''
-| binomial = ''Chalybion californicum''
-| binomial_authority = ([[Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure|Saussure]], 1867)&nbsp;<ref name="Day">{{cite journal |author=M. C. Day |year=1979 |journal=[[Biological Journal of the Linnean Society]] |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=45–84 |title=The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera ''Sphex'', ''Chrysis'', ''Vespa'', ''Apis'' and ''Mutilla'' |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.1979.tb00049.x}}</ref>
 | synonyms_ref = &nbsp;<ref name="Day"/>
 | synonyms =
-*{{nowrap|''Pelopeus californicus'' <small>Saussure, 1867</small>}}
+*''Pelopeus californicus'' <small>Saussure, 1867</small>
-*''Sphex cærulea'' <small>Linnaeus, 1763</small>
+*''Sphex caeruleus'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1763</small>
+*''Sphex cyaneus'' [[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1775
 }}
 The '''blue mud dauber''' (''Chalybion californicum'') is a metallic blue species of [[mud dauber]] wasp that is the primary predator of [[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. It is not normally aggressive.<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.