Female blue mud dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum), close-up photo. This species is native to North America. It is coloured metallic blue and preys

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Female blue mud dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum), close-up photo. This species is native to North America. It is coloured metallic blue and preys on black widow spiders. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species

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Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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