Diamma bicolor (Blue ant, Bluebottle ant)
Order Hymenoptera, family Tiphiidae. Although known as the Blue ant, this is in fact the wingless female of a wasp. It has a nasty sting. The male is quite different in appearance, black with white spots on the abdomen, and fully winged; like all male wasps, it cannot sting. The species is a parasitoid of Mole crickets.
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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