1 Blue Banded Bee at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 12 Feb 2024 | michael.batley | ||
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 10 Feb 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 10 Feb 2024 | VanceLawrence |
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Blue banded bee, noticed because of it's loud buzzing when in flight. Spent about half it's time flying over a 2m x 2m area, the other half digging out a new burrow/nest. Surrounding vegetation introduced lawn species.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.014444-35.226111
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Feb 2024 04:36 PM Recorded on
- VanceLawrence Recorded by
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VanceLawrence Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Nest building Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- True Nest present
Species information
- Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 842.8m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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