Amegilla sp. (genus)

Blue Banded Bee at Paddys River, ACT

Amegilla sp. (genus) at Paddys River, ACT - 17 Feb 2017 12:00 AM

Amegilla sp. (genus) at Paddys River, ACT - 17 Feb 2017 12:00 AM

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Identification history

	Amegilla sp. (genus)	18 Feb 2017	MichaelBedingfield
	Unverified	17 Feb 2017	Qwerty

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3 comments

michael.batley wrote:

18 Feb 2017

This is a blue-banded bee, genus Amegilla, but which species I could not say. The blue-banded bees can be very difficult to identify precisely.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

18 Feb 2017

Michael, would you be happy to have Amegilla sp. (genus) as a generalised name to cover cases such as this?

michael.batley wrote:

18 Feb 2017

Yes. That would be a good idea.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.952364 -35.363067
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
17 Feb 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
Qwerty Recorded by
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Qwerty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Amegilla sp. (genus) Scientific name
Blue Banded Bee Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 2899.7m Recorded at altitude
312 images trained Machine learning
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