Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta
4 Blue Banded Bee at Higgins, ACT
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| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | michael.batley | 20 Feb 2017 | |
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | AlisonMilton | 19 Feb 2017 |
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8 comments
21 Feb 2017
I've been trying to get a close-up of a blue-banded bee in our garden for 5 years without success and yours is the best ever. Even today I was pursuing one on our origano flowers but failed at a crucial moment.
21 Feb 2017
I just noticed the second image where the BBB is being a nectar thief at the base of the flower. Do you know the name of the flower? I assume the top flower is a Michaelmas daisy.
21 Feb 2017
Hi Roger, I think it is Laurentia, possibly axillaris, bought at Bunnings a few years ago. I also noticed that the nectar is at the base of the flower. I watched numerous times as a bee would land on the flower, then walk down to the base to get the nectar. The flower in the photo is still closed up.
21 Feb 2017
Hi Alison, Now called Isotoma axillaris, rock Isotome, a local native, various cultivars sold in nurseries. Interesting behaviour, I have seen honeybees do the same on correa flowers
13 Apr 2018
This sighting was judged the best insect image in the 2018 Canberra Nature Map Photographic Competition
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029505-35.238151
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 19 Feb 2017 10:38 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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- My flagged sightings Native Bees of Canberra Home Gardens, a research project. AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Species information
- Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 842.8m Recorded at altitude
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