Euryglossa ephippiata

Saddleback Euryglossine Bee at Coree, ACT

Euryglossa ephippiata at Coree, ACT - 5 Nov 2018
Euryglossa ephippiata at Coree, ACT - 5 Nov 2018
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Euryglossa ephippiata 2 Feb 2019 michael.batley
Euryglossa adelaidae 1 Feb 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 7 Nov 2018 Harrisi

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3 comments

KimPullen wrote:
   8 Nov 2018
Matches Euryglossa adelaidae on Bowerbird.
   2 Feb 2019
For once the bees are kind to us and give clear clues. Males of E. ephippiata have a short orange bands towards the end of the antennae, while males of E. adelaidae have the antennae entirely orange. A second difference is that the abdomen of E. ephippiata is uniformly coloured but E. adelaidae usually looks banded. Bowerbird has an image labelled adelaidae that fits neither of these criteria because occasionally ther is individual variation and it can be hard to decide.
   4 Feb 2019
Thanks for the explanation Michael - something I will be able to look out for in the future

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