Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta

Blue Banded Bee at Dunlop, ACT

Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Dec 2024 06:44 PM
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Dec 2024 06:44 PM
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Dec 2024 06:44 PM
Request use of media

Identification history

Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta 2 Dec 2024 PeterA
Amegilla (Notomegilla) chlorocyanea 1 Dec 2024 JR

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Pollinating tomatoes

1 comment

PeterA wrote:
   2 Dec 2024
Can't see any notch in the last hair band that would suggest A. chlorocyanea. A. asserta is much more common here.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • Alive / healthy Animal health
  • True Pollinator Insect on Flower
  • tomato Associated plant

Species 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
1,907,761 sightings of 21,394 species from 13,191 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.