Megachile ferox
Resin bee at Acton, ACT
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| Megachile ferox | PeterA | 9 Dec 2025 | |
| Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis | TimL | 8 Dec 2025 |
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User's notes
Sighted at ANBG's Bee Hotel. One of the bees had mites attached at the righthand wing connection to the body as shown in the first and third images and in following sighting 4714250.
1 comment
9 Dec 2025
Not M. macularis - it has hair dots on the thorax. The one in the hole is not M. ferox but another Megachile.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108972-35.275367
- Altitude 611.7m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2025 11:42 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Megachile ferox Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Species information
- Megachile ferox Scientific name
- Resin bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 698m Recorded at altitude
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7 / 7
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