Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Xylocopa aeratus | 9 Apr 2018 | RogerF | ||
| Xylocopa aeratus | 9 Apr 2018 | PeterA |
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User's notes
Four Carpenter bees still out there on the same Crowea bush at the top of the Gardens.
2 comments
RogerF
wrote:
10 Apr 2018
Note the frayed ends to the wings suggesting the bee has been active for a while. It still needs to get through winter and nest next spring
PeterA
wrote:
18 Apr 2018
My images show that the wings of at least one of the other bees was in much better condition, so hopefully they will keep the species ticking over.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.105286-35.275906
- Altitude 649.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 9 Apr 2018 01:34 PM Recorded on
- PeterA Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) PeterA -
Priority species lists
ACT Most Wanted!
Additional information
- Crowea exalata Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Species information
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata Scientific name
- Golden-Green Carpenter Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 781.8m Recorded at altitude
- 297 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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