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| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 10 hrs ago | MazzV |
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Blue Banded Bees are the one other particularly frequent Native bee to see locally, (Copmanhurst, NSW Nth Coast). Most times when I see them, it’s from a rear end view, such as photos 5 & 3 depict, only typically with less detail! Usually all I see is the bandy bum end and a tuft of orange hairs indicating where the torso is! But I managed to catch some good angles on this one, even if not crystal clear. Photo 1 shows the distinctive long bee-type eye, the pollen caked onto its furry legs, the black-veined but clear wings and the pale blue stripes on the abdomen. Photo 2 sees it flying with proboscis down ready to penetrate a flower, and in photo 3 it has just landed and the proboscis is doing its thing. Similarly photo 4 shows a head shot of it feeding on a flower, and photo 5 is an overhead view showing the furry borders of the thorax. The flowers it is feeding on are of the vine Parsonia Straminea (Common Silkpod) featured at sighting 4640075. This could be the same Sp. as at sighting 4664739.
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Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Latest Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- Parsonia Straminea (Common Silkpod) featured at sighting 4640075 Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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