Diamma bicolor

Blue ant, Bluebottle ant at Paddys River, ACT

Diamma bicolor at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Feb 2019
Diamma bicolor at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Feb 2019
Diamma bicolor at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Feb 2019
Diamma bicolor at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Feb 2019
Diamma bicolor at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Feb 2019
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Diamma bicolor 3 Feb 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Diamma bicolor 3 Feb 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 3 Feb 2019 TimL

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A wingless female blue ant. The wasp Diamma bicolor. Found by the students of Blue Gum Community School, After School Care Holiday Program.

2 comments

   3 Feb 2019
FYI - it is a flower wasp, not a parasitic wasp.
RogerF wrote:
   3 Feb 2019
Watch out students: a powerful sting

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