Trichocolletes aeratus
2 A Spring Bee at Acton, ACT
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| Trichocolletes aeratus | PeterA | 26 Aug 2025 | |
| Apis mellifera | CarbonAI | 12 Aug 2025 | |
| Trichocolletes aeratus | HelenCross | 12 Aug 2025 | |
| Trichocolletes aeratus | Roger | 6 Aug 2025 |
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It seems pretty early in the season to see this bee, still quite cold.
6 comments
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.
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
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Roger NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects Trichocolletes aeratus Featured
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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