Blue Banded Bee at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 26 Apr 2021 | michael.batley | ||
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 26 Apr 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
Two different species. One was silent when flying and the other was quite noisy. Took these photos so long ago that I don't recall which was which.
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michael.batley
wrote:
27 Apr 2021
This is a male and the other pictures are of a female. Counting the bands can help.
Both are probably Amegilla asserta.
Both are probably Amegilla asserta.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029725-35.238238
- Altitude 629.0m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 19 Feb 2021 09:27 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Salvia 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
- 198 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
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