Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879 is a animal in the Sphecidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879

Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879

The steel-blue cricket hunter (Chlorion aerarium) is a thread-waisted wasp in Sphecidae, similar to overlapping-range Chalybion californicum.

Family
Genus
Chlorion
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879

Chlorion aerarium (Patton, 1879), commonly known as the steel-blue cricket hunter, is a species of thread-waisted wasp belonging to the family Sphecidae. It resembles the blue mud dauber species Chalybion californicum in both shape and color, and the two species often have overlapping ranges.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Sphecidae Chlorion

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