Blue Banded Bee at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 8 Mar 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 26 Feb 2017 | michael.batley | ||
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 26 Feb 2017 | CathB |
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1 comment
michael.batley
wrote:
26 Feb 2017
There is a hint of blue colour on the legs. If this colour is real and not an artifact of the photo, then the species is Amegilla chlorocyanea. Because we can't see the end of the abdomen, we can't be sure which species we are looking at.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.072796-35.266907
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Feb 2017 05:28 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
Additional information
- Persicaria prostrata Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Amegilla sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1547.5m Recorded at altitude
- 183 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
