Blue Ant (Diamma bicolor)

About Blue Ant (Diamma bicolor)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Insects
• Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
• Family: Thynnid Flower Wasps

The blue ant, 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.