
Chalybion californicum
Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp
As recorded: Chalybion californicum (de Saussure, 1867)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Sphecidae
- Collected by
- Weber, P. W.
- Date
- October 2, 1946
- Locality
- John Rodgers Airport
- Identified by
- Weber, P. W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 2, 1946, Weber, P. W. also collected 12 other specimens.
Chalybion californicum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8,177 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-21.

2026-10-21
5365 CR 326, Lexington, Lee Co, TX, USA
(c) Linda Jo Conn, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-19
Corp Woods Nature Sanctuary, Galveston, TX, USA
(c) Abhishek N. Prasad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-15
Lackawanna, NY, USA
(c) lult, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-15
East Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX, US
(c) Crazy4ants, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09
Vickie Ln, Magnolia, TX, US
(c) txbossmare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-02
E Sycamore St, Denton, TX, US
(c) pluto28, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Chalybion californicum. BPBM 101933. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35910444. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/101933.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35910444 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Coordinates recorded as 0, 0
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