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Blue Mud Dauber Wasp
Chalybion bengalense
9.963, 76.3232
Field Notes
Description:
25mm long wasp with blue-green iridescence. Builds nests using mud and plant fiber where it lays eggs on captured spiders. The spiders are stung and the paralyzed spiders are eaten alive by the hatched larvae.
Habitat:
Spotted on an old brick wall.
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