Mutillidae (family)
Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant at Point Hut to Tharwa
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| Mutillidae (family) | KimPullen | 30 Jun 2017 | |
| Mutillidae (family) | KimPullen | 30 Jun 2017 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 20 Jun 2017 |
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Near the Murrumbidgee River north of Tharwa.
1 comment
1 Jul 2017
This is a male. The name 'velvet ant' is more appropriate to the females, which are wingless.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.065918-35.500707
- Altitude 593.0m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Jan 2017 07:01 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Mutillidae (family) Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
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
Record quality
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