Alex WildDec 22

Finally got some photos of Australia’s “blue ant”, Diamma bicolor, which is not an ant at all but a shockingly large metallic blue thynnid wasp, wingless and solitary, that hunts mole crickets. Been meaning to shoot this thing for years.

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NatashaFeb 1, 2025
Thought my first post may as well be my profile picture! This is a so-called Blue Ant, a species of wingless wasp which is over 20 mm long! This species, more formally known as Diamma bicolor. is part of a family of wasps known as the flower wasps (family Thynnidae).

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