1 A Megachild bee at Evatt, ACT
Identification history
| Megachile (Hackeriapis) oblonga | 29 Jul 2019 | michael.batley | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Jul 2019 | TimL |
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User's notes
An historical sighting of two bees stripping the outer surface from a bush. The first three images show areas where the surface had been stripped.
1 comment
michael.batley
wrote:
30 Jul 2019
An interesting series of images. The species is a resin bee and the material the females are collecting is presumably for mixing with resin to seal the nesting chambers.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.064174-35.213283
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 23 Dec 2017 11:46 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) TimL
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Megachile (Hackeriapis) oblonga Scientific name
- A Megachild bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
