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Blue Mud Dauber

Chalybion californicum

Photo by Brian Muñiz
Published on Project Noah
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18.1479, -66.5614

Field Notes

Description:

Predatory wasp species, it eats mainly brown and black widow species found on the island. Their tempermant is neutral unless disturbed in which they use their painfull stinger to defend.

Habitat:

Around shrubs, mosses and small plants in densly planted forests. Foraging through the day and hunting widow spiders during the night.

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