Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant at Black Mountain
Identification history
| Mutillidae (family) | 11 Apr 2017 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Mutillidae (family) | 10 Apr 2017 | RogerF | ||
| Unverified | 9 Apr 2017 | David |
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1 comment
samreid007
wrote:
11 Apr 2017
I agree with RogerF. I think this is a species of Velvet ant (wingless wasps that resemble ants). The Timulla sp. in the attached link looks pretty similar to this picture. (http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/wasps/mutillidae.htm)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.103759-35.266674
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Apr 2017 03:05 PM Recorded on
- David Recorded by
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Collections
David Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Mutillidae (family) Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalypt trunk Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Mutillidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1430.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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