Blue Banded Bee at ANBG
Identification history
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 6 Mar 2024 | PeterA | ||
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 5 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 5 Mar 2024 | HelenCross |
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2 comments
cherylhodges
wrote:
6 Mar 2024
Helen, was this the Plectranthus on the main path just below the rock garden?
HelenCross
wrote:
6 Mar 2024
Hi Cheryl, it's at the top left corner of the rock garden, just before you walk up the steps to that bitumen road. I've been seeing blue-banded need there for a few weeks now - too quick to get many photos of though!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108120-35.276183
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 5 Mar 2024 01:22 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Plectranthus argentatus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
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
- 267 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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