Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata

1 Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT

Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Acton, ACT - 20 Sep 2019
Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Acton, ACT - 20 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Xylocopa aeratus 21 Sep 2019 michael.batley
Xylocopa aeratus 20 Sep 2019 HelenCross

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

21 Sep 2019

1st sighting of this species this spring - now seen four seasons in a row - still trying to find breeding location

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HelenCross wrote:
   21 Sep 2019
Will keep a lookout. They breed in the Xanthorrhoea stems don't they?
   22 Sep 2019
And in dead banksias (look for trunks with patches of white fungus) or dead branches of other things like Leptospermum.
HelenCross wrote:
   22 Sep 2019
Great - thanks Michael!

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