Mutillidae (family)
Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant at Mount Painter
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| Mutillidae (family) | KimPullen | 17 May 2019 | |
| Mutillidae (family) | CathB | 15 May 2019 |
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User's notes
On same eucalypt trunk, and very difficult to tell apart from, clerid beetles (sighting 4209069).
1 comment
17 May 2019
could be https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_vespoidwasps/BlackVelvetAnt.htm
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074790-35.270270
- Altitude 507.3m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 16 Apr 2019 10:15 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB 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
Quality score
6 / 7
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- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species