Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta

Blue Banded Bee at ANBG

Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta at ANBG - 5 Mar 2024
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta at ANBG - 5 Mar 2024
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta at ANBG - 5 Mar 2024
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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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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!

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Geastrum sp. (Geastrum sp.) at ANBG - 12 May 2024 by TimL
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Hyalarcta nigrescens (Ribbed Case Moth) at ANBG - 25 Mar 2024 by DianneClarke
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Lenophila achilles (Spider mimicking signal fly) at ANBG - 17 Mar 2024 by Miranda
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Lasioglossum (Callalictus) callomelittinum (Halictid bee) at ANBG - 17 Feb 2024 by KorinneM
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Bembecinus sp. (genus) (A sand wasp) at ANBG - 17 Feb 2024 by KorinneM
Odontomyia hunteri (Soldier fly) at ANBG - 17 Feb 2024 by KorinneM
Stomorhina sp. (genus) (Snout fly) at ANBG - 17 Feb 2024 by KorinneM
Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis (Leafcutter bee, Megachilid bee) at ANBG - 17 Feb 2024 by KorinneM
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Lipotriches (Austronomia) ferricauda (Halictid bee) at ANBG - 17 Feb 2024 by KorinneM
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at ANBG - 15 Feb 2024 by HelenCross
Lenophila achilles (Spider mimicking signal fly) at ANBG - 15 Feb 2024 by HelenCross
Lampides boeticus (Long-tailed Pea-blue) at ANBG - 14 Feb 2024 by HelenCross
Sericophorus sp. (genus) (Sand wasp) at ANBG - 14 Feb 2024 by Miranda
Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis (Leafcutter bee, Megachilid bee) at ANBG - 13 Feb 2024 by HelenCross
Lipotriches (Austronomia) ferricauda (Halictid bee) at ANBG - 13 Feb 2024 by HelenCross
Onesia sp. (genus) (A blow fly) at ANBG - 7 Feb 2024 by Thurstan
Hyleoides concinna (Wasp-mimic bee) at ANBG - 6 Feb 2024 by AndyRussell
Intellagama lesueurii howittii (Gippsland Water Dragon) at ANBG - 6 Feb 2024 by HappyWanderer
Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua (A flower-feeding march fly) at ANBG - 31 Jan 2024 by Miranda
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Acanthiza lineata (Striated Thornbill) at ANBG - 10 Jan 2024 by Aussiegall
Austroscolia soror (Blue Flower Wasp) at ANBG - 10 Jan 2024 by HelenCross
Lophyrotoma analis (Sawfly, Ironbark Sawfly) at ANBG - 9 Jan 2024 by Roger
Pergidae sp. (family) (Unidentified Sawfly) at ANBG - 9 Jan 2024 by Roger
Odontomyia hunteri (Soldier fly) at ANBG - 9 Jan 2024 by Roger
Bembecinus sp. (genus) (A sand wasp) at ANBG - 5 Jan 2024 by Roger
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at ANBG - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnBundock
Amata (genus) (Handmaiden Moth) at ANBG - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnBundock
Stenarella victoriae (An ichneumon parasitic wasp) at ANBG - 26 Dec 2023 by Roger
Ctenotus taeniolatus (Copper-tailed Skink) at ANBG - 18 Dec 2023 by SandraH
Lampides boeticus (Long-tailed Pea-blue) at ANBG - 23 Nov 2023 by Christine

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 5 Mar 2024 01:22 PM Recorded on
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  • Plectranthus argentatus Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
  • True Pollinator Insect on Flower

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