blue ant (diamma bicolor) in search of prey : (pix sanjiv shukla)

aggression ant australia beetle bicolor blue blue-ant blue-green bluebottle body burrow cricket diamma diamminae distinctive egg endemic exclusively family fast-moving female flower flowers food ground-nesting hunting injected large larva leaves leg metallic mole native nectar paralysed parasitic pollinate provoke red solitary stinger subfamily supply thynnid thynnidae venom wasp wingless wings