Blue Banded Bee at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 24 Nov 2024 | michael.batley | ||
| Apis mellifera | 21 Nov 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 21 Nov 2024 | Ct1000 |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
I was just wondering about the white marks on this bees shoulder I have a number of images of it flying moving etc and it's present in all of them. This is an extreme crop.
2 comments
Ct1000
wrote:
24 Nov 2024
Thanks for that Micheal! I was curious because they were so localised I was wondering if it was something else.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093173-35.329172
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Nov 2024 07:01 PM Recorded on
- Ct1000 Recorded by
-
Collections
Ct1000 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Amegilla sp. (genus) Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- Lavander Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Amegilla sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2899.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes