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Description:

Looks like a wasp with the pinched in waist but much larger and a blue black. Was sharing the nectar of this plant with several White Admiral butterflies..

Extra points for anyone who identifies the plant, it is loved by butterflies and these whatevers.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
ScottRasmussen
There are a few bluish-black cricket hunters, some pretty tiny, but the steel-blue Chlorion is a mighty big wasp.
galewhale..Gale
Scott I think you maybe right! Steel blue cricket hunter Chlorion aerarium Wikipedia doesn't even have an entry. My only problem is size it is pretty big maybe an inch. And the crickets and grasshoppers have just appeared. http://www.google.com/search?q=Steel-blue+Cricket+Hunter&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
ScottRasmussen
Well, I'm not entirely sure about the wasp, but the pepperbush down here also attracted lots of the same insect.
galewhale..Gale
Scott I think you maybe right! Steel blue cricket hunter Chlorion aerarium Wikipedia doesn't even have an entry. My only problem is size it is pretty big maybe an inch. http://www.google.com/search?q=Steel-blue+Cricket+Hunter&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
ScottRasmussen
Steel-blue Cricket Hunter (http://bugguide.net/node/view/8607/bgimage) on Sweet Pepperbush (http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/clethraalni.html).
Ashish
Yes...can be Mud dauber... http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/organ-pipe_mud_dauber.htm
galewhale..Gale
Wiki says robber flys: " have stout, spiny legs, a dense moustache of bristles on the face (mystax)," and the photos don't look right... robberflies are stout and look a bit like houseflies plus they are carnivores rather than nectar eaters. So I don't think it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae @monkey-mind it does look your wasp... does anyone know what kind this is?
Ashish
Is n't it a Robber fly...?
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
the plant could be a Prunus laurocerasus, with this insect I have problems myself getting an ID - take a look: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6821304
galewhale..Gale
would love to know what this is and name of the plant... any guesses?
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011

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