Thyreus caeruleopunctatus
1 Chequered cuckoo bee at Karabar, NSW
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| Thyreus caeruleopunctatus | PeterA | 18 Feb 2025 | ||
| Thyreus caeruleopunctatus | CarbonAI | 16 Feb 2025 | ||
| Unverified | NathanaelC | 16 Feb 2025 |
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User's notes
There were probably three other species of bee around this cluster of lavender at the top of White Rocks crag, mostly Apis mellifera but I think also a blue-banded bee and a darker slightly larger bee than the western honey bee.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.247525-35.381903
- Altitude 629.7m
- Places Karabar, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 16 Feb 2025 01:56 PM Recorded on
- NathanaelC Recorded by
- Lavender Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
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- NathanaelC NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Thyreus caeruleopunctatus Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Species information
- Thyreus caeruleopunctatus Scientific name
- Chequered cuckoo bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 846.3m Recorded at altitude
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