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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Blue Ant

Diamma bicolor

About

Despite its name, the Blue Ant is actually a wingless flower wasp, not an ant. Females are metallic blue-green with a powerful sting and are commonly seen running across the ground in search of mole cricket larvae.

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Did You Know?

The wingless female resembles a large ant, while the smaller winged male looks like a completely different insect.