Megachile (Eutricharaea) maculariformis
1 Gold-tipped leafcutter bee at Hackett, ACT
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| Megachile (Eutricharaea) maculariformis | michael.batley | 15 May 2019 | |
| Megachile (Eutricharaea) maculariformis | RodDeb | 15 May 2019 |
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saw this Bee flying along carrying a leaf, it landed for a short time before flying off again with the leaf between it's legs flying into the Red Centre area. Hope this record is of interest as it shows a leafcutter Bee with a leaf that it had most probably just cut off.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.107993-35.274468
- Altitude 620.6m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 May 2019 12:21 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Megachile (Eutricharaea) maculariformis Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Species information
- Megachile (Eutricharaea) maculariformis Scientific name
- Gold-tipped leafcutter bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1705m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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