Odontomyrme sp. (genus)
A velvet ant at Higgins, ACT
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| Odontomyrme sp. (genus) | SimoneC | 1 Oct 2022 | |
| Odontomyrme sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 28 Aug 2021 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 3 Nov 2019 |
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User's notes
Ant is my best guestimate for this. Not sure what it is.
4 comments
4 Nov 2019
Thanks Jon. This one has me confused. Not sure what it is. Doesn't appear to have wings.
4 Nov 2019
Yes, as I understand it female flower wasps don’t have wings. I’m sure someone (Kim Pullen?) will set us right!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029670-35.238275
- Altitude 607.9m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2019 07:58 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Odontomyrme sp. (genus) Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Odontomyrme sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A velvet ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 669.8m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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