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Common Name:
Blue Mud Wasp

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Sphecidae
Subfamily: Sceliphrinae
Tribe: Sceliphrini
Species:
Chalybion californicum

Hodges No:

Location:
Croton Point Park
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
USA
GPS: 41.182756,-73.892756

Date: 8/5/12

Stage: Adult
Sex: Female
Notes:

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Chalybion californicum Sphecidae
Blue Mud Wasp
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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