A plaster bee at Unanderra, NSW
Identification history
| Leioproctus (Leioproctus) amabilis | 21 Nov 2024 | PeterA | ||
| Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) sp. | 19 Nov 2024 | PaperbarkNativeBees |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Visiting flowering garlic chives.
2 comments
PeterA
wrote:
21 Nov 2024
Not quite sure why you think this is L. (Exleycolletes)? The metallic sheen on the hairy thorax and the metallic purplish abdomen suggests L. amabilis.
PaperbarkNativeBees
wrote:
17 Dec 2024
Thanks for your ID @PeterA. I thought it might be L. amabilis but I wasn't sure so I was trying to select just Leioproctus sp.
Location information
- Places Unanderra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- PaperbarkNativeBees Recorded by
-
Collections
PaperbarkNativeBees South Coast NatureMapr Leioproctus (Leioproctus) amabilis Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- garlic chives Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Leioproctus (Leioproctus) amabilis Scientific name
- A plaster bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 732.8m Recorded at altitude
- 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
- Description
- Additional attributes