Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata
Metallic Green Carpenter Bee, Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT
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Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of this female MGCB at high level in the Callistachys lanceolata at ANBG Section 4. Another female was sighted 5 minutes earlier and is covered in a separate sighting.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.108676-35.276294
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Nov 2020 01:55 PM Recorded on
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- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Collections
- ACT Most Wanted! TimL 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
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6 / 7
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