Wasp-mimic bee at Monash, ACT
Identification history
| Hyleoides concinna | 2 Dec 2024 | PeterA | ||
| Hyleoides concinna | 2 Dec 2024 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 1 Dec 2024 | debhart |
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User's notes
Mimic Bee? Spent most of the day in the garden with the callistemon. Beautiful blue colours on wings. Every now and then would rest and "blow bubbles"?
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Location information
- Places Monash, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- debhart Recorded by
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debhart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hyleoides concinna Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- Callistemon Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Hyleoides concinna Scientific name
- Wasp-mimic bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 831m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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