Halictid Bee at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura | 27 Jan 2025 | PeterA | ||
| Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura | 27 Jan 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica | 27 Jan 2025 | pinnaCLE |
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The roost has been active in the cool overnight for past 4 days. Bees always return to the same dry stalk even though there are (approx) 20 similar close by on the same plant.
3 comments
pinnaCLE
wrote:
28 Feb 2025
Update 5 weeks after roost first seen:
2-5 bees nightly return to the same group of burrs at the tip of this one stalk. There have only been about 2 nights recently where none show up but this morning 5 are at home. I'm fascinated as the stalk has basically no protection from rain, wind, heat. The bees have been undeterred by the few storms we had earlier in Feb, or by the heat we now have.
2-5 bees nightly return to the same group of burrs at the tip of this one stalk. There have only been about 2 nights recently where none show up but this morning 5 are at home. I'm fascinated as the stalk has basically no protection from rain, wind, heat. The bees have been undeterred by the few storms we had earlier in Feb, or by the heat we now have.
pinnaCLE
wrote:
6 Mar 2025
My last update looks to have been the kiss of doom! Roost was abandoned on 4 Mar even though near sunset 10+ bees had gathered there, were active, but chose not to settle overnight. Or did some attack convince them to move away?
Location information
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 8 Abundance
- pinnaCLE Recorded by
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Native Bees of Canberra Home Gardens, a research project. pinnaCLE NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- Sheep's burrr Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Male Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura Scientific name
- Halictid Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 655.2m Recorded at altitude
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