Halictid bee at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Lipotriches sp. (genus) | 20 Jan 2021 | michael.batley | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Jan 2021 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Small groups of these were sitting atop ripe seeds heads on tall grass stems.
1 comment
michael.batley
wrote:
20 Jan 2021
While they are certainly males of a Lipotriches species, I can't name the species. Size and the shape of the hind leg are important characteristics, but even with that information many species can't be named confidently without a major revision of the genus.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074148-35.267190
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 20 Jan 2021 12:05 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
Additional information
- Tall native grass Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Lipotriches sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Halictid bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 776m Recorded at altitude
- 81 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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