Banksia bee at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Hylaeus alcyoneus | 19 min ago | PeterA | ||
| Unverified | 5 hrs ago | HelenCross |
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Sealing off her nest
2 comments
PeterA
wrote:
16 min ago
Nice find, Helen. Not recorded on CNM or iNat in the ACT previously, only seen on the coast.
Common name - Banksia bee - usually found on Banksia.
Desperate place to build a nest!
Common name - Banksia bee - usually found on Banksia.
Desperate place to build a nest!
HelenCross
wrote:
2 min ago
Thanks Peter, I've just been reading about them. There are no Banksias around here either (or the other plant species they've been recorded on)! And it's tiny, only around 5mm
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029120-35.388238
- Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 hrs ago Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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HelenCross NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects Hylaeus alcyoneus
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- True Nest present
Species information
- Hylaeus alcyoneus Scientific name
- Banksia bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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