Chalybion californicum, the Nearctic blue mud-dauber wasp or common blue mud-dauber wasp of North America, is a metallic blue species of mud dauber wasp formally described by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1867. It is not normally aggressive towards humans. It is similar in shape and color to the steel-blue cricket hunter (Chlorion aerarium). Like other types of wasps, males do not have an ovipositor, and therefore cannot sting.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Sphecidae
- Genus
- Chalybion
- Species
- Chalybion californicum
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