Orange-banded Velvet Ant
Female: Abdomen
Golden Velvet Ant
Dorsal
| Orange-banded Velvet Ant Female: Abdomen | | Golden Velvet Ant Dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Velvet Ant (Wasp: Mutillidae) | ||||
| Species: | Orange-banded Velvet Ant (Ephutomorpha cf sp ES3) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female: ventral | ||||
Thank you Dr Kevin Williams for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~6mm head & body length. Has an orange band that wraps all the way round under with a black break on top. Black legs and a pale strip of hairs on the rear of it's abdomen. Found one specimen in August. | |||||
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