Thyreus caeruleopunctatus
2 Chequered cuckoo bee at Higgins Woodland
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| Thyreus caeruleopunctatus | PeterA | 13 Mar 2024 | |
| Thyreus caeruleopunctatus | CarbonAI | 12 Mar 2024 | |
| Thyreus caeruleopunctatus | Untidy | 12 Mar 2024 |
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3 comments
12 Mar 2024
That's entirely possible, Helen. The blue-banded bees are present. I just put up my husband's photos of his sighting of the BBBs in December. The burrow in the above photo was sealed up the next day when he went to check on it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029879-35.228343
- Altitude 582.0m
- Maps Higgins Woodland
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Mar 2024 04:58 PM Recorded on
- Untidy Recorded by
- Themeda triandra Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Nest present
Collections
- Untidy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Thyreus caeruleopunctatus Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Species information
- Thyreus caeruleopunctatus Scientific name
- Chequered cuckoo bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 846.3m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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