Leafcutter bee, Megachilid bee at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Megachile (Eutricharaea) serricauda | 11 Jan 2024 | michael.batley | ||
| Unverified | 9 Jan 2024 | waltraud |
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User's notes
Closing nest in a bee and wasp hotel with a lid of cut plant tissue.
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michael.batley
wrote:
11 Jan 2024
Inside the hole she will have constucted a complete cocoon from pieces of leaf.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.165939-35.247014
- Altitude 620.1m
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 9 Jan 2024 02:16 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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waltraud Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Megachile (Eutricharaea) serricauda Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- True Nest present
Species information
- Megachile (Eutricharaea) serricauda Scientific name
- Leafcutter bee, Megachilid bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 725m Recorded at altitude
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