Lasioglossum sp. (genus)
Furrow Bee at Acton, ACT
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| Lasioglossum sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 24 Feb 2021 | |
| Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) lanarium | Roger | 18 Feb 2021 |
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3 comments
18 Feb 2021
What features did you use to decide that it is lanarium and not another species?
19 Feb 2021
The only way I can decide is to compare images on Canberra Nature, ALA and iNaturalist and may be Mr Google. We try to put names to the insects I post if possible, not just just insect sp. With lanarium the abdomen, amount of hairs and face looked similar and I thought with the amount of sightings on Canberra Nature, it must be fairly common.
19 Feb 2021
I agree completely that it is desirable to identify insects to species, but if there are a dozen species consistent with the same set of images, I don't see how it helps to make a guess of one name from the dozen. In the present case, if you can say that the bee was 10 mm long and not 7 or 8 mm, I would say it was probably L. lanarium.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107490-35.276642
- Altitude 555.6m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 17 Feb 2021 11:01 AM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lasioglossum sp. (genus) Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Species information
- Lasioglossum sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Furrow Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1331.6m Recorded at altitude
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