Plaster bee at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Leioproctus sp. (genus) | 6 Jan 2021 | michael.batley | ||
| Unverified | 6 Jan 2021 | TimL |
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User's notes
Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of these roosting bees. The abundance value is approximate as the bees started to depart when the camera got close to them.
2 comments
michael.batley
wrote:
6 Jan 2021
Black Leioproctus species are difficult to identify from photographs, but I suspect I may know what they are. Is the middle of the face flat and polished? Were there Persoonia flowers in the area?
TimL
wrote:
6 Jan 2021
Hi Michael. I'm not aware of Persoonia flowers in the area of the sighting. I've checked ANBG's 'Find A Plant' and there are no Persoonia flowers recorded anywhere near the sighting. However, that doesn't mean that there aren't any, just that they are not recorded. I've also gone back through the images and there are none that show the face of one of these bees in any better detail than shown in the uploaded images. Tim
Location information
- Coordinates 149.105914-35.274291
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 3 Jan 2021 01:20 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Leioproctus sp. (genus)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Leioproctus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Plaster bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1642m Recorded at altitude
- 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
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