Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta

Blue Banded Bee at Calwell, ACT

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Identification history

	Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta	9 Jan 2020	michael.batley
	Amegilla (Notomegilla) chlorocyanea	9 Jan 2020	DonLimn

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michael.batley wrote:

10 Jan 2020

Annoyingly, colour does not help when it comes to identifying Blue-banded Bees. The black mark down the hind leg tells me she is a female. Then the yellow colour alongside the eye indicates she is A. asserta. It would not be possible to tell the males apart in the same way. In fact, it can be quite difficult to separate males from photos. (Easy with a hand lens and a specimen in a bag.)

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Location information

Coordinates 149.107560 -35.436744
Places Calwell, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
9 Jan 2020 08:40 AM Recorded on
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) DonLimn Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Centranthus ruber Associated plant
No Associated animal
5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Scientific name
Blue Banded Bee Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 842.8m Recorded at altitude
322 images trained Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania