Sighting 4637295
Diamma bicolor
Blue ant, Bluebottle ant at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
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| Diamma bicolor | SimoneC | 11 Jan 2025 | |
| Diamma bicolor | WendyEM | 11 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | JimL | 11 Jan 2025 |
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User's notes
Moved like an Any but appendages dont seem correct. Never seen any Any move this fast either. crazy colours!
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11 Jan 2025
wingless female flower wasp called "Blue Ant" https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/blue-ant/
Location information
- Coordinates 148.993606-35.730072
- Altitude 965.7m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Jan 2025 12:13 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- JimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Diamma bicolor Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
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
- External link More information
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7 / 7
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