Resin bee, Megachilid bee at Springwood, NSW
Identification history
| Megachile lucidiventris | 17 Mar 2024 | michael.batley | ||
| Megachile punctata | 17 Mar 2024 | SapphFire |
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User's notes
This is our resident Megachile bee who has made use of the bee hotel at our property. She was on the mulch beneath some flowers here on a cooler day. She was not ill and is still alive 2 months later. I suspect she was resting or collecting resin.
2 comments
michael.batley
wrote:
17 Mar 2024
It is hard to be certain, but she looks more like M. lucidiventris from what I can see, because there seems to be quite a lot of white hair at the front of the abdomen (well the metasoma, strictly speaking, because they are not quite the same). M. punctata has only a small amount of white hair at the sides.
SapphFire
wrote:
17 Mar 2024
Thank you so much, Michael! I really appreciate your I.D. She is indeed quite hairy!
Location information
- Places Springwood, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) SapphFire Greater Sydney NatureMapr Megachile lucidiventris
Additional information
- On bark mulch below garden Brachyscome multifida Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Nest building Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
- True Nest present
Species information
- Megachile lucidiventris Scientific name
- Resin bee, Megachilid bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 680.3m Recorded at altitude
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