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
- Machine learning
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Location information
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Maps
Aranda Bushland Batemans Marine Park Bibbenluke Common Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Brindabella National Park Broulee Moruya Nature Observation Area Clyde River National Park Dryandra St Woodland Eastern Hill Reserve Eurobodalla National Park Felltimber Creek NCR Gibraltar Pines Illilanga & Baroona Jerrabomberra Grassland Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kambah Pool King Island Kosciuszko National Park Namadgi National Park Stony Creek Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Wodonga -
Places
Bredbo, NSW Michelago, NSW
