Murray GM - Paperpostsrescued this beautiful #wasp from a web. it was huge, maybe 1.5inches - could it be a queen mud dauber?
edit: some kind of #horntail, mud daubers do not have queens
neville parkSaw the #BlueBugs hashtag floating around and this ink-blue _Chalybion_ mud dauber immediately came to mind!
Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp (Chalybion californicum)
Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp from Lake Shore Blvd W / The Boulevard Club, Toronto, ON M6K 3C2, Canada on June 08, 2022 at 09:59 PM by Neville Park. It was, I think, a cold night, and this brilliant metallic beauty was very placid and docile. The...
Richard Dashnau@strykeroz @aenesidemusoz I've seen references to mud daubers using vibrations to liquify the mud as they manipulate it. This image is from video I filmed a few years ago that shows the vibration and manipulation as Sceliphron wasps harvested mud. Video link: http://www.rickubis.com/rick/muddaubers_scobee_091419.mp4 More Hymenopteran stuff on my page here: https://www.rickubis.com/rick/cowkill.html #wasps #muddaubers #sceliphron #ichnology #hymenoptera