Furrow Bee at Yarralumla, ACT
Identification history
| Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum | 13 Apr 2025 | PeterA | ||
| Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) lanarium | 13 Apr 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unverified | 13 Apr 2025 | TimL |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
One of the small native bees. I believe this is the first of this type that I've seen. I'm not sure if the bee was collecting pollen or just feeding on nectar/pollen, but it was coated with pollen grains.
1 comment
PeterA
wrote:
13 Apr 2025
Pollen collection is mainly on the underside of the abdomen in these bees.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075763-35.286380
- Altitude 645.7m
- Maps National Arboretum Forests
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Apr 2025 12:05 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
-
Collections
TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Collecting pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum Scientific name
- Furrow Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1659m Recorded at altitude
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