Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata
1 Metallic Green Carpenter Bee, Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Gundaroo, NSW
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
23 Apr 2019
First CNM record of this regionally rare species outside of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, nest nearest location in the atlas of Living Australia is near Penrose
User's notes
Peacock Carpenter bee?
1 comment
26 Apr 2019
Swala Park,
Could you send me more details about your record of the Carpenter bee please to Roger Farrow r.farrow@iimetro.com.au Thanks Roger
Ps The bee is visiting Crowea exalata one of its preferred sources of nectar in the autumn
Could you send me more details about your record of the Carpenter bee please to Roger Farrow r.farrow@iimetro.com.au Thanks Roger
Ps The bee is visiting Crowea exalata one of its preferred sources of nectar in the autumn
Location information
- Coordinates 149.230062-35.016648
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
- SwalaPark Recorded by
- feeding on a native plant species Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Significant ACT Most Wanted! SwalaPark 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
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location