Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Xylocopa aeratus | 31 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Xylocopa aeratus | 31 Oct 2019 | TimL |
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User's notes
Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting. Three males were sighted doing circuits around these bushes at the same time and three females were seen on the bushes at the same time. Over a period of about 10 minutes there were several interactions between the males and females with mating occurring. A bit difficult to record due to the speed with which all of this happens and the males didn't alight on the bushes. When the females left the area, the males chased after them.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.109592-35.274065
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2019 11:29 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
ACT Most Wanted! Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata Scientific name
- Golden-Green Carpenter Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 781.8m Recorded at altitude
- 297 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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