Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata
Metallic Green Carpenter Bee, Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT
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User's notes
I only saw one bee at a time today but the bee was there repeatedly and for reasonable periods of time. If it helps I did not see the bee leave or arrive from across the road, which would suggest they are flying to and from the Rain-forest gully side. Just a thought.
1 comment
23 Mar 2018
Thanks for that info. There is another Acronychia in the gully opposite but I haven't checked it out. We also have recent sightings on Crowea flowers.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108505-35.277098
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2018 11:22 AM Recorded on
- DerekC Recorded by
- Acronychia littoralis Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
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- 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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6 / 7
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