Blue Ant (Diamma Bicolor) In Search Of Prey : (pix Sanjiv Shukla) Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Blue ant (Diamma bicolor), also known as the blue-ant or bluebottle, is a species of flower wasp in the family Thynnidae. It is the sole member of the genus Diamma and of the subfamily Diamminae. Despite its common name and wingless body, it is not an ant but rather a species of large, solitary, parasitic wasp. Endemic to Australia they have a distinctive metallic blue-green body, with red legs. Females are larger and wingless, while males are smaller and have wings.