Banded Velvet Ant Male, profile | Banded Velvet Ant Male, body bands | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
Family: | Velvet Ant (Wasp: Mutillidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Banded Velvet Ant (Ephutomorpha cf sp ES02) | ||||
This Photo: | Male, anterior | ||||
Thank you Dr Kevin Williams for identifying and Dr Denis Brothers for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Normally the females are the only velvet ants seen, not because of rarity but probably because they are flightless. However, the odd male (as here) is occationally photographed. There seems to be very little reference material to identifiy Mutillidae family closer than family; so it's quite possible this is the same as a female we have already posted. ~10mm long (head & body) | |||||
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