Megachile sp. (several subgenera)

Resin Bees at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Megachile sp. (several subgenera)	16 Feb 2021	michael.batley
	Megachile (Eutricharaea) sp. (genus & subgenus)	16 Feb 2021	RodDeb

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michael.batley wrote:

16 Feb 2021

The bee on the Crowea is a resin bee (Megachile sp.). Bees in the subgenus Megachile (Eutricharaea) are leaf-cutters not resin bees. The bee in the fourth picture seems to have a green thorax and looks like Lipotriches phanerura, which also has orange at the end of the abdomen. The final picture shows Lipotriches ferricauda which is a bit larger than L. phanerura.

RodDeb wrote:

16 Feb 2021

Thanks for the information Michael have separated the bees as per your suggestion.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.109623 -35.276977
Altitude 600.8m
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
15 Feb 2021 01:41 PM Recorded on
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Megachile sp. (several subgenera) Scientific name
Resin Bees Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 683.3m Recorded at altitude
119 images trained Machine learning
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