Blue Banded Bee at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 2 Dec 2024 | PeterA | ||
| Amegilla (Notomegilla) chlorocyanea | 1 Dec 2024 | JR |
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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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.013825-35.202533
- Altitude 565.4m
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Dec 2024 06:44 PM Recorded on
- JR Recorded by
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Collections
JR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- True Insect on a flower
- tomato Associated plant
Species information
- Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 842.8m Recorded at altitude
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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