European honey bee at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Apis mellifera | 18 Jun 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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Near the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
2 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
18 Jun 2017
The bees were feeding on a sticky substance which was on the leaves of the willow tree.
KimPullen
wrote:
1 Jul 2017
The 'sticky substance' was most likely 'honey dew', a secretion from some hemipterous insect such as aphids.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.067028-35.502321
- Altitude 576.1m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 29 Jan 2017 08:03 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) MichaelBedingfield
Additional information
- Salix sp./Willow Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Apis mellifera Scientific name
- European honey bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 6069.1m Recorded at altitude
- 740 images trained Machine learning
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