Amegilla sp. (genus)
Blue Banded Bee at Paddys River, ACT
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| Amegilla sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Feb 2017 | |
| Unverified | Qwerty | 17 Feb 2017 |
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3 comments
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.
18 Feb 2017
Michael, would you be happy to have Amegilla sp. (genus) as a generalised name to cover cases such as this?
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
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Qwerty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Amegilla sp. (genus) Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
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
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3 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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