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Xylocopa aeratus
Metallic Green Carpenter Bee at ANBG
Identification history
| Xylocopa aeratus | 9 Apr 2018 | RogerF | ||
| Xylocopa aeratus | 9 Apr 2018 | PeterA |
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Author'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.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.105286-35.275906
- Altitude 649.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 9 Apr 2018 01:34 PM Recorded on
- PeterA Recorded by
Additional information
- Crowea exalata Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
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