A Megachild bee at Page, ACT
Identification history
| Megachile (Hackeriapis) oblonga | 3 Feb 2023 | michael.batley | ||
| Megachile (Hackeriapis) oblonga | 2 Feb 2023 | DonTaylor |
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Last year I found a rotting tree limb in my Canberra garden and drilled a number of holes in it hoping to create a nesting environment for some Megachile bees that had been in the area. It worked, at least one hole was filled over successive visits by a Megachile (Hackeriapis) oblonga. This year however, it seems multiple Megachile (Hackeriapis) oblonga have decided that the rotting branch is better suited for providing fibrous material for nesting in the commercial bee hotel. Interesting to watch them fly into the log, do some mining, exit with mandibles grasping a bundle of fibres, and then fly back to the bamboo tubes.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.045260-35.240800
- Altitude 615.0m
- Places Page, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2023 12:36 PM Recorded on
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) DonTaylor
Species information
- Megachile (Hackeriapis) oblonga Scientific name
- A Megachild bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685.6m Recorded at altitude
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