Mutillid wasp or velvet ant at Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Australotilla sp. (genus) | 6 Dec 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Australotilla sp. (Mutillidae) | 5 Dec 2021 | MadiGiannotta | ||
| Mutillidae (family) | 26 Mar 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Bothriomutilla rugicollis | 25 Mar 2021 | SimoneC |
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SimoneC
wrote:
26 Mar 2021
Thanks Kim, I wasn’t sure about my ID , it seemed close but lacked the two part white stop B. rugicollis has on its abdomen in most photos I could find. In the flesh its obviously a spider mimic, tricked me initially anyway!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.051042-34.978594
- Altitude 594.0m
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2021 12:26 PM Recorded on
- SimoneC Recorded by
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Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) SimoneC
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Species information
- Australotilla sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Mutillid wasp or velvet ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 573.6m to 594.04m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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