2 Leafcutter bee, Megachilid bee at Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Megachile (Eutricharaea) serricauda | 3 Jan 2024 | michael.batley | ||
| Megachile sp. | 1 Jan 2024 | amiessmacro |
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michael.batley
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3 Jan 2024
It is a female and she is a leaf cutter. A cavity in a wall is exactly where such a bee would make a cocoon from circular pieces of leaf. She would then fill it with pollen before laying an egg and sealing it up.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.025046-34.966316
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2024 08:55 PM Recorded on
- amiessmacro Recorded by
Additional information
- Salvia Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Megachile (Eutricharaea) serricauda Scientific name
- Leafcutter bee, Megachilid bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 674m Recorded at altitude
- 81 images trained Machine learning
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