Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Mutillidae (family) | 28 Aug 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Mutillidae (family) | 28 Nov 2022 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Unverified | 28 Nov 2022 | KylieWaldon |
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I thought this was a jumping spider; the way it investigated the hollow on my gas hot water service, but then trapsed off rather quicker, and when I looked at the photos it looks like a very colourful ant?
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.880813-36.143061
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2022 02:41 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Mutillidae (family) Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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