Chlorion aerarium
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Chlorion aerarium, commonly known as the steel-blue cricket hunter, is a species of thread-waisted wasps in the family Sphecidae. It is similar in shape and colour to the blue mud dauber species, Chalybion californicum, which often overlaps in range. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp sighting in Chicago on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 473rd most-seen of the 978 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp in Chicago on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp sightings, Chicago ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Detroit (United States, about 10%), Sacramento (United States, under 5%) and Philadelphia (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Sphecidae
The closest relatives of the Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp that you can see in Chicago (family Sphecidae, Thread-waisted Wasps) are Great Black Digger Wasp (about 10%), Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp (about 10%) and Great Golden Digger Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Steel-Blue Cricket-Hunter Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Chicago (17 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
