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Megachile sp. (several subgenera)

1 Resin Bees at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Megachile sp. (several subgenera) at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 4 Nov 2008
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 4 Nov 2008
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 4 Nov 2008
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Megachile sp. (several subgenera) 4 Feb 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) 4 Feb 2017 michael.batley
Unidentified 4 Feb 2017 HarveyPerkins

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   4 Feb 2017
These roosting males belong to a Megachile species, but I can't see enough detail to tell the species. They don't appear to have the expanded end to the antenna that is found in Megachile ferox. One possibility is Megachile heriadiformis.

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