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Bluebottle (♀)
Diamma bicolor
-37.8993, 145.312
Field Notes
Description:
This female wasp will never fly. These used to scare us crazy as tiny kids and I really haven't seen them much since then. She is about 25mm long, feeds on mole-crickets, a distinctive metallic blue-green body, with red legs.
Habitat:
Exploring a suburban back yard garden bed (freshly turned)
Notes:
Also called 'Blue ant'. The male is smaller, approximately 15 mm (0.5 inches), and has wings. Adults feed on nectar, and pollinate various native Australian flowers.
I WILL get some good shots of this girl. Whenever I find her she's moving very quickly.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8a…
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PublishedNovember 22, 2013
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