The blue ant is a wasp with a terrible sting | Nature Notes

By Roger Thomas
November 19 2021 - 3:33pm
WASP: Reader Rob Loveband took this picture of a female wingless wasp in bushland on the edge of Ballarat.
WASP: Reader Rob Loveband took this picture of a female wingless wasp in bushland on the edge of Ballarat.

The attractive ant-like insect pictured is a female wingless wasp.

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