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Binomial name Diamma bicolor (Turner, 1905) The Blue Ant (Diamma bicolor, also known as the blue-ant) is, despite its name and its appearance, not an ant at all, but rather a species of large solitary parisitic wasp known as flower wasps. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...
Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ...
Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets...
Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Many families, see article Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ...
Superfamilies Apoidea Ceraphronoidea Chalcidoidea Chrysidoidea Cynipoidea Evanoidea Ichneumoidea Megalyroidea Procotupoidea Sphecoidea Stephanoidea Triganalyoidea Vespoidea Many families, see article Apocrita is a group of insects, a taxonomic sub-order of the order Hymenoptera. ...
Vespoidea is a Superfamily of Order Hymenoptera of Class Insecta, although other taxonomic schemes may vary in this categorization. ...
| Tiphiidae (also known as the Tiphiid wasps or flower wasps) is a family of large solitary parasitic wasps. Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
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They are typically up to 30 mm long. The females are wingless, and hunt ground-dwelling and burrowing insects, such as mole crickets and beetle larvae. The prey is paralysed with the female's sting and an egg lain upon it so the wasp larva has a ready supply of food. The male is often smaller and has wings, the adults mating in the air, with the female carried by the male. Adults feed on nectar. A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...
Genera Gryllotalpa Neocurtilla Scapteriscus Mole crickets are a family (Gryllotalpidae) of crickets with mole-like forelegs. ...
Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga many subgroups: see Subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles (order Coleoptera) are one of the main groups of insects. ...
A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ...
Sting can mean: In biology a sting is the part of a number of animals, such as wasps, bees and scorpions, that delivers a poison when used to pierce the skin of another animal. ...
In Greek mythology, nectar and ambrosia are the food of the gods. ...
The sting can cause a severe burning sensation and swelling; in rare cases, it can cause a severe reaction (such as anaphylaxis) and be life-threatening. Anaphylaxis is a severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to a trigger substance, called an allergen. ...
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