Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata
Metallic Green Carpenter Bee, Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT
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| Unverified | roymcd | 14 Mar 2018 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
15 Mar 2018
This is a rare bee with a remnant? or probably more likely re-introduced? population at the Botanic Gardens
User's notes
Maybe Xylocopa aeratus? Seen briefly next to the main walking/road track, walking uphill on the left hand side, with little lawn on opposite right hand side. I've forgotten the name of the bush - Scented Anchrea or something?( I've butchered the name here). Heaps of MacLeay Swallowtails (20+) feeding energetically on the same bush and other usual honeybees.
2 comments
15 Mar 2018
I've just read the article previously suggested by Michael M so yes, the tree is Scented Acronychia.
15 Mar 2018
Great find. Same flower species as my first record last year. I checked the Acronychia last week but did not see the bee. Observations on where this bee is nesting still needed. How many Xylocopa are there in the gardens?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108879-35.276968
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 14 Mar 2018 04:00 PM Recorded on
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- Significant ACT Most Wanted! roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Species information
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata Scientific name
- Metallic Green Carpenter Bee, Golden-Green Carpenter Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 781.8m Recorded at altitude
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