NatashaThought my first post may as well be my profile picture! This is a so-called Blue Ant, a species of wingless wasp which is over 20 mm long! This species, more formally known as Diamma bicolor. is part of a family of wasps known as the flower wasps (family Thynnidae).<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WildOz?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildOz</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/OzInverts?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OzInverts</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MacroPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MacroPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Werribee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Werribee</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Naarm?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Naarm</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Narrm?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narrm</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Melbourne?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Melbourne</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Australia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Arthropod?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arthropod</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Insect?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insect</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BlueAnt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlueAnt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Diamma?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diamma</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Wasp?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wasp</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ant?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ant</a>