Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Xylocopa aeratus | 6 May 2021 | michael.batley | ||
| Xylocopa aeratus | 6 May 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Xylocopa lestis | 1 Jun 2019 | michael.batley | ||
| Xylocopa lestis | 31 May 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Mar 2019 | JohnBundock |
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Dead insect
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
27 Jan 2020
I think this is Xylocopa aerata, of which there are several sightings on CNM. There is no species called "Xylocopa lestis", but Lestis is a subgenus of Xylocopa, and the one that Xylocopa aerata is classified in. Thus Xylocopa aerata can also be referred to as "Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata".
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.835027-35.316672
- Altitude 781.8m
- Maps Lower Cotter Catchment
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Mar 2019 10:47 AM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
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Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata Scientific name
- Golden-Green Carpenter Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 781.8m Recorded at altitude
- 294 images trained Machine learning
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