1 Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Xylocopa aeratus | 31 Oct 2018 | michael.batley | ||
| Xylocopa aeratus | 31 Oct 2018 | TimL |
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User's notes
Thanks to Marcus Leach for helping to find the male and female Carpenter Bees on these two bushes. Over 30 minutes of observation, 2 males were seen chasing 2 females at the same time, on each of 3 distinct occasions. 3 females were seen at the same time on one occasion. Very hot and windy conditions with the bushes thrashing around. The final out of focus image shows a male flying up behind a female whilst she was collecting pollen.
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
1 Nov 2018
Looks like they are feeding on a Cassia sp. which I think is a new one for the garden records.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109701-35.273966
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2018 12:58 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) -
Priority species lists
ACT Most Wanted!
Additional information
- Senna barronfieldii c804912.5 191. ANBG Sections 191S and 191K. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
Species information
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata Scientific name
- Golden-Green Carpenter Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 781.8m Recorded at altitude
- 297 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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