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Introduction. The Bluebottle, Physalia physalis, is a common, if unwelcome, summer visitor to Sydney beaches.At the mercy of the wind, they are sometimes blown into shallow waters, and often wash up onto the beach. On the eastern coast of Australia, it is the NE winds and warmer currents that bring them and other organisms that make up the armada or fleets of blue coloured floating colonial.
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The blue ant (Diamma bicolor, also known as the blue-ant or bluebottle) is, despite its name and its appearance, not an ant at all, but rather a species of large solitary parasitic wasp sometimes known as a flower wasp. It is a native of south and southeast Australia, including the Australian states of Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
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10 most dangerous stingers in Australia By Julian Jantos • September 19, 2012 The box jellyfish is one of the most toxic species on the planet. (Credit: Getty Images) Reading Time: 5 Minutes • Print this page We unearth the crawling, swimming and creeping creatures that sting for predation and self-defence. SPURS, TENTACLES AND PROBOSCISES.
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The Blue Ant is not an ant but a species of flower wasp from the family Tiphiidae. Identification. The wingless, ground-dwelling female Blue Ants are bright metallic blue or green, and can sometimes be mistaken for a large ant. However they are a solitary wasp species, with fully winged males, and can often be found on flowers. Habitat
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Bluebottle Ant Physical Description The beautiful yet deceptively named Bluebottle Ant often gets mistaken for a large ant. Sexual dimorphism also appears in this wasp, with the females being larger than the males. Females average a body length of 1 in (2.5 cm), while the smaller males only average 0.5 in (1.25 cm) in length.
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Bull ant Myrmecia spp. Image credit: Ken Giffiths This sizeable ant group of almost 90 known species, including some that have been responsible for deaths in people, is almost exclusively Australian. All but one species, which is found in New Caledonia, occurs naturally only in Australia.
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Fast facts: Blue Ants are solitary creatures, unlike ants which scurry about in big groups. You can tell a Blue Ant from an ant by their antennae. Ants have bent antennae, whereas Blue Ants have curved antennae. When not above ground, the female spends her time underground looking for mole crickets and their larvae.
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The blue ant ( Diamma bicolor ), also known as the blue-ant or bluebottle, is a species of flower wasp in the family Thynnidae. [1] 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. [2] Distribution
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A blue ant is also known as a blue bottle. Despite the fact that we call it an ant, it is nothing like one. Even if you look at it, it resembles an ant, but still, it is not one, rather it is one kind of a solitary parasite wasp. Also, known as a flower wasp.
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1. The blue ant is a wasp. Far from being an ant, the blue ant is a wasp. It is often described as a large, solitary, and parasitic wasp and is a species of flower wasp from the family Tiphiidae. The name was possibly given to it because of its appearance. They are also known as blue-ant or bluebottle ant. 2.
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Common name: Blue ant, blue bottle Scientific name(s): Diamma bicolor (Family Tiphiidae, subfamily Diamminae). Description: Blue 'ants' are not ants at all but are solitary wasps.The females are wingless, ground dwelling wasps up to 25mm in length. Their head and bod have a distinct metallic blue-green colouration and their legs are bright red.
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Native to South America, fire ants have been found in parts of South East Queensland since 2001, and are classed as a social menace because of their sting. Schmidt awarded the fire ant a modest pain scale rating of 1.2 describing the sting as: "Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet and reaching for the light switch."
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A type of flower wasp, Blue "ants", aka Bluebottles, have a distinctive metallic blue-green body, with red legs. The female ranges up to 25 mm (1 inch) in length, is wingless and ground-dwelling, and exclusively hunts mole crickets, whereas all other species of tiphiids attack beetle larvae. The male is winged and about half her size. Habitat:
Blue Ant male ( Diamma bicolor) Also known as Blue Bottle, this is a male flower wasp is not
Bull ants are large, alert ants that can grow up to 40 mm They have characteristic large eyes and long, slender mandibles and a potent venom-loaded sting. They have superior vision, able to track and even follow intruders from a distance of 1 metre. Many species of bull ants have bright red or orange colours on the head or abdomen.
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The bluebottle ( Physalia utriculus) is also known as a Pacific man o' war — similar to a Portuguese man o' war, which is found in the Atlantic Ocean. The dangerous part of a bluebottle is the.
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Table of Contents 1. Blue-green Sharpshooter Some of the most atypical blue bugs in The United States are those of The Blue-green Sharpshooter species (Graphocephala atropunctata). This is a type of bug that comes in variable nuances, as its name suggests. Blue-green Sharpshooter