Mutillidae (family)

2 Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant at Wingecarribee Local Government Area

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Identification history

	Mutillidae (family)	30 Nov 2023	RogerF
	Unverified	30 Nov 2023	Curiosity

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Could this be a male velvet ant?

2 comments

RogerF wrote:

30 Nov 2023

Correct. There a quite a few species illustrated on CNM (other wasps) but nothing quite like yours but worth a look.

Curiosity wrote:

30 Nov 2023

Thanks, Roger. I appreciate your suggestion. I've looked at the contributions on CNM and didn't see a good match with the yellow velvet pattern on the one I reported. Giving special attention to images of male velvet ants, I thought the closest one was in Mutillidae (family), sighting 4371255 by 'trevorpreston'. Maybe I'll be lucky and see this wasp again, from a different angle.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.474918 -34.433726
Maps Braemar Wingecarribee Local Government Area
Places Braemar, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
21 Nov 2023 03:03 PM Recorded on
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Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) Curiosity Southern Highlands NatureMapr

Additional information

mandarin tree Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

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
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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