2 A Spring Bee at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Trichocolletes aeratus | 26 Aug 2025 | PeterA | ||
| Apis mellifera | 12 Aug 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Trichocolletes aeratus | 12 Aug 2025 | HelenCross | ||
| Trichocolletes aeratus | 6 Aug 2025 | Roger |
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User's notes
It seems pretty early in the season to see this bee, still quite cold.
6 comments
Roger
wrote:
6 Aug 2025
Sorry Carbon AI,
I think it is Trichocolletes aeratus (aka the Spring Bee) because the legs are very different from Apis mellifera. Also. the bee is distinctly smaller than a typical honeybee (which you can't tell from the photo of course). Also, the flight pattern is different.
I think it is Trichocolletes aeratus (aka the Spring Bee) because the legs are very different from Apis mellifera. Also. the bee is distinctly smaller than a typical honeybee (which you can't tell from the photo of course). Also, the flight pattern is different.
RogerF
wrote:
14 Aug 2025
They just need a bit of sunshine to raise body temperature through basking
PeterA
wrote:
26 Aug 2025
I think so - same as 4687544? Mid tibia has 'dark brown suffusions' Can't see a plume on the fore basitarsus. Hard to separate from T. venustus.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109039-35.278662
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 6 Aug 2025 12:40 PM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
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Roger NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects Trichocolletes aeratus Featured
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Trichocolletes aeratus Scientific name
- A Spring Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 634.5m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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