Common Blue Mud-dauber - Chalybion californicum
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Common Blue Mud-dauber - Chalybion californicum
Found this beauty (Common Blue Mud-dauber - Chalybion californicum) during a sweep in southern Alberta last August. Nose to butt 20mm.
Side view 1x, 18 steps at 650µm.
Face view 5x, 46 steps at 70µm.
Tarsi, left rear leg 12x, 101 steps at 10µm. Equipment used, Canon 5D MK IV, Canon MPE 65mm, Zeiss 10x infinity microscope objective with Sigma 70~300 racked out to 300mm.- MarkSturtevant
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Re: Common Blue Mud-dauber - Chalybion californicum
A gorgeous insect, and very nicely done stack! She looks lethal (presumably to spiders).
Mark Sturtevant
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Re: Common Blue Mud-dauber - Chalybion californicum
Gracias. Tomorrow it goes for a car ride to the provincial museum. They want it for their collection.MarkSturtevant wrote: ↑Tue Jan 17, 2023 11:45 amA gorgeous insect, and very nicely done stack! She looks lethal (presumably to spiders).