Megachile sp. (several subgenera)

Resin Bees at Paddys River, ACT

Megachile sp. (several subgenera) at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Mar 2019
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Mar 2019
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Mar 2019
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Mar 2019
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Mar 2019
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Megachile sp. (several subgenera) 12 Mar 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) 5 Mar 2019 DPRees125

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8 comments

   6 Mar 2019
I can't see his forelegs and I am not 100% sure about the size, but he looks a bit like M. maculariformis to me.
DPRees125 wrote:
   6 Mar 2019
OK, I'll see what extra I have and I'll see if I can post an additional picture
DPRees125 wrote:
   6 Mar 2019
OK, I'll see what extra I have and I'll see if I can post an additional picture
DPRees125 wrote:
   6 Mar 2019
have loaded a couple more images with a front on perspective
   6 Mar 2019
Definitely not M. maculariformis, and from the size of the Verbena flowers, a smaller species. My first guess would be M. serricauda, which has some distinctive features, but they are probably too small to be seen in photos unless the original of image 3 has enough resolution to permit enlargement of the front foot.
DPRees125 wrote:
   6 Mar 2019
Micheal, thanks for your efforts. I've cut some more images from the feed and put them on here at max resolution, hope it helps.
   7 Mar 2019
Things are getting more complicated. I think the bee in the new image 5 is a different species. The orange on the end of the abdomen extends onto segment 4, but the earlier pictures have a thick white band on that segment. And the projections at the end of the abdomen are a different shape. There really are so many possibilities that we have to leave it as Megachile sp. I do think pictures 1 to 4 are a leaf-cutter, but even then I can't prove it.
DPRees125 wrote:
   7 Mar 2019
thanks we will have to have another go with them bees

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