4 Blue Banded Bee at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 20 Feb 2017 | michael.batley | ||
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 19 Feb 2017 | AlisonMilton |
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8 comments
RogerF
wrote:
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.
RogerF
wrote:
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.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
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.
RogerF
wrote:
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
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
13 Apr 2018
This sighting was judged the best insect image in the 2018 Canberra Nature Map Photographic Competition
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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.
Species information
- Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 677m Recorded at altitude
- 204 images trained Machine learning
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