Blue Mud Dauber (Chalybion californicum)

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Blue Mud Dauber (Chalybion californicum) - Wiki

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Blue Mud Dauber (Chalybion californicum) - Wiki

Blue mud dauber
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[Photo] Spider hunter - Chalybion californicum at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA. Date: July 13, 2007. Copyright ?? 2007 Tleilaxu (http://bugguide.net/user/view/9614). Image URL: http://bugguide.net/node/view/126870/bgpage

The blue mud dauber is a metallic blue species of mud dauber wasp that preys primarily on black widow spiders. It does not build a nest, but uses nests abandoned by other mud dauber wasps. Like other mud daubers, it is rarely aggressive.

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Comments

Rutzy
Could these Blue mud daubers have a nest on the inside of a sliding glass door, the part of aluminum on top of the door? I am finding little spots of mud on my patio and it does look like the one in the picture. This is the second summer i have seen them.

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