Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta

15 Blue Banded Bee at Holder, ACT

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Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta 1 Dec 2024 PeterA
Amegilla sp. (genus) 30 Nov 2024 Miranda

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4 comments

PeterA wrote:
   1 Dec 2024
Wonderful pictures in the rain!
Jennybach wrote:
   4 Dec 2024
Fantastic detail of the raindrops intact on their wings and turning the red flower or plant into pomegranate-like beads. Are they sitting out the rain?
Miranda wrote:
   4 Dec 2024
@Jennybach they were roosting in the rain. Once it stopped they wiped the droplets off with their legs before flying off again.
Jennybach wrote:
   5 Dec 2024
I was curious to see them lined up like that and did not realise that they roosted like birds would. Very interesting.

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