Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata

Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT

Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Acton, ACT - 14 Mar 2018
Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Acton, ACT - 14 Mar 2018
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Identification history

Xylocopa aeratus 14 Mar 2018 michael.batley
Unidentified 14 Mar 2018 roymcd

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Significant sighting

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.

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roymcd wrote:
   15 Mar 2018
I've just read the article previously suggested by Michael M so yes, the tree is Scented Acronychia.
RogerF wrote:
   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?

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