Halictid Bee at Greenleigh, NSW
Identification history
| Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) bicingulatum | 11 Mar 2023 | michael.batley | ||
| Megachile leucopyga | 11 Mar 2023 | LyndalT |
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This bee was stuck inside our house. I think it is M leucopyga because of the orange bands on abdomen and red legs
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michael.batley
wrote:
11 Mar 2023
The hairs that carry pollen are on the hind legs, not under the abdomen; the orange bands are on the front end of the abdominal segments not the rear edge and the abdomen is slightly more leaf shaped than cylindrical (as it would be in Megachile). None of these things are easy to see but they are there if we look closely. After we are sure that it is not Megachile, then the only bee with orange bands and red legs is L. bicingulatum so, for once, colour is helpful.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.250934-35.364645
- Places Greenleigh, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2023 01:57 PM Recorded on
- LyndalT Recorded by
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Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) bicingulatum Scientific name
- Halictid Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 703.81m Recorded at altitude
- 86 images trained Machine learning
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