4 Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata | 11 Nov 2021 | michael.batley | ||
| Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata | 11 Nov 2021 | Roger |
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Sometimes you get lucky. I spent 20 minutes or more photogaphing this carpenter bee. He had been flying around, then landed in the bush you can see, eventually flying off. It was just wonderful to get so close.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.109578-35.276980
- Altitude 597.6m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Nov 2021 09:42 AM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
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Collections
ACT Most Wanted! Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata Scientific name
- Golden-Green Carpenter Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 781.8m Recorded at altitude
- 297 images trained Machine learning
- 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
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