Diamma bicolor (Blue ant, Bluebottle ant)
Although called 'blue ant', this is in fact a female wasp.The male is a more conventional wasp with wings; it has a black body with white spots on the abdomen. The Blue ant female digs in the soil in search of mole crickets, which it paralyzes before laying a single egg on them; the hatching wasp grub then consumes the cricket. The Blue ant delivers a painful sting. Family Tiphiidae.
Further reference: Atlas of Living Australia
Diamma bicolor is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Tasmania
Species information
- Diamma bicolor Scientific name
- Blue ant, Bluebottle ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1272.7m Recorded at altitude
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