Velvet Ants (Mutillidae)
Velvet Ants, family Mutillidae. This family of wasps have wingless females which resemble large hairy ants.
ABRS Australian Faunal Directory: Family MUTILLIDAE
Announcements
Yesterday
Since 1 Jan 2025, NatureMapr 44% of all sightings uploaded were NSW based, while 43% were from the ACT.The remaining 13% were from other states, with VIC coming in third at 5%.Strictly speaking, 67% o...
Continue reading
NatureMapr Data Collector 6.2.1 update
Critical nature positive infrastructure update
IMPORTANT NatureMapr Data Collector 6.2.0 mobile app update
Known issue affecting user registration via naturemapr mobile app
Discussion
SimoneC
wrote:
10 Jan 2025
I think these are probably different species, could you move them into separate sightings? Thanks
Odontomyrme sp. (genus)
SimoneC
wrote:
17 Dec 2024
Two different individuals, but both are male Velvet Ants
Mutillidae (family)
SimoneC
wrote:
4 Dec 2024
Are you sure these are the same wasp? It looks like two different species
Mutillidae (family)
Top contributors
- Hejor1 32
- TimL 19
- CathB 17
- SimoneC 11
- trevorpreston 10
- Roger 8
- AlisonMilton 7
- Harrisi 7
- MichaelBedingfield 5
- patrickcox 5
Top moderators
- SimoneC 71
- MichaelBedingfield 37
- KimPullen 33
- MichaelMulvaney 23
- Amata 11
- DiBickers 5
- KimberiRP 3
- Aussiegall 1
- RogerF 1
- michael.batley 1
