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Mutillidae (family)

Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant at Point Hut to Tharwa

Mutillidae (family) at Point Hut to Tharwa - 30 Jan 2017
Mutillidae (family) at Point Hut to Tharwa - 30 Jan 2017
Mutillidae (family) at Point Hut to Tharwa - 30 Jan 2017
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Identification history

Mutillidae (family) 30 Jun 2017 KimPullen
Mutillidae (family) 30 Jun 2017 KimPullen
Unidentified 20 Jun 2017 MichaelBedingfield

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Near the Murrumbidgee River north of Tharwa.

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KimPullen wrote:
   1 Jul 2017
This is a male. The name 'velvet ant' is more appropriate to the females, which are wingless.

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