Bright blue bug!

Bright blue bug!#154428

By ambkosh8465 -  Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:40 pm
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- Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:40 pm #154428

When one of my traps reopened this morning, *this* was inside it...

Anyone have any idea what it is? (Or perhaps I should say, what it WAS...?!)

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Re: Bright blue bug!#154429

By swat007j -  Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:07 pm
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- Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:07 pm #154429

That so cool! dude awesome

Re: Bright blue bug!#154433

By jwbates26 -  Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:59 pm
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- Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:59 pm #154433

Possibly a Chalybion californicum?

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Re: Bright blue bug!#154435

By Matt -  Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:04 pm
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- Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:04 pm #154435

Beautifully colored bug!

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Re: Bright blue bug!#154455

By pieguy452 -  Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:05 am
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- Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:05 am #154455

That's an amazing blue coloration

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Re: Bright blue bug!#154475

By roarke -  Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:34 pm
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- Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:34 pm #154475

Beautiful, even in death...

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Re: Bright blue bug!#154480

By parker679 -  Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:26 pm
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- Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:26 pm #154480

Wow! That looks pretty awesome. Such a fancy meal.

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Re: Bright blue bug!#155007

By Kyla -  Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:55 pm
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- Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:55 pm #155007

Apparently your fly trap has good taste, feasting on such pretty bugs! Stunning colours.

Re: Bright blue bug!#155044

By sbrooks -  Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:07 am
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- Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:07 am #155044

It's a cuckoo wasp. I learned all about them back when I was studying--er..... ok, searching Google Images 5 minutes ago: http://baynature.org/articles/the-cucko ... -parasite/

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Re: Bright blue bug!#155060

By ambkosh8465 -  Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:01 pm
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- Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:01 pm #155060

Thanks, sbrooks. As far as I'm concerned, one less parasite makes the world a better place!

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