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Velvet Ants, Mutillidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera)

Jeffrey C. Hertz


Release Date: 2/28/2022

Reviewed At: 4/22/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in717-2007

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY-378, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2007. Revised September 2010, January 2014, and October 2015. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. 

About the Authors

Jeffrey C. Hertz, former graduate student (P. Kaufman, advisor), Department of Entomology and Nematology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Hertz, J. C. (2007). Velvet Ants, Mutillidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). EDIS, 2007(11). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in717-2007

Authors

Jeffrey Hertz
Jeffrey Hertz
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University of Florida

former graduate student, Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Contacts

Elena Rhodes
Elena Rhodes
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University of Florida

biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology

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