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Photo by Vinny
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Description:

A picture of what I think are wasps balled around a large bull ant, their are at least 7 wasps involved. The wasps are approx. 2.5cm long, after several minutes they separated and the ant walked away apparently unharmed.

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Comments (2)
Vinny
Unfortunately I put the camera away before they separated. I like your idea though it would make a lot of sense. Hopefully someone else may have observed a similar behaviour.
ForestDragon
Is it possible that there was a large female wasp that was surrounded by amorous males? Do you have any images of the "ant"? I am not familiar with the species in your area, but this is a really interesting spotting!

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Hymenoptera of the world -- bees, ants and all their friends
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PublishedMarch 30, 2015

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