Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata
1 Metallic Green Carpenter Bee, Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
19 Mar 2018
A rare species - we would appreciate any record of this bee - to try and work out the size of the population
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Honey Bee included for scale
5 comments
19 Mar 2018
Sorry I think I given the wrong plant species. I will check but think it must have been Acronychia.
Derek
Derek
19 Mar 2018
On Saturday I saw 2 bees at the same time almost feeding on the same flower and after reading Fronds articular at https://friendsanbg.org.au/sites/default/files/pdf/News86Aug17.pdf the plant must have been the same Acronychia littoralis.
19 Mar 2018
This must be the most photographed insect at the moment! As various recorders have suggested there appears to be only one individual involved. The flowers belong to Acronychia littoralis from littoral rainforest in NE NSW
20 Mar 2018
After seeing 2 bees together at the same time on Saturday I went back today and can firstly confirm Acronychia littoralis, but after spending several hours watching I did not see a single one of these bees. They might be carving new holes but no sightings at all.
21 Mar 2018
I agree with Derek, as reported earlier I also definitely saw two bees and thought perhaps glimpsed a third but could not be certain of the third.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108637-35.276632
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 17 Mar 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
- DerekC Recorded by
- Atherospermum moschatum Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Collections
- Significant ACT Most Wanted! DerekC 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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