Blue Banded Bee at Wellington Point, QLD
Identification history
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 30 Mar 2024 | Katr00 | ||
| Apis mellifera | 30 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 30 Mar 2024 | TimL |
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The sequence of images shows a female Blue Banded Bee that was observed for several minutes as it explored the gaps between pebbles in a path. The bee generally hovered above gaps but sometimes landed and entered the gaps briefly. It also appeared to stop in flight at times and focus on tiny green seedlings. In this sequence, the second image shows the bee withdrawing from a gap and pulling out a seedling. The first image shows the bee with the seedling, which it then dropped before moving on. This behaviour was watched for some time before the bee flew away. As I haven't seen this behaviour before (although it might be quite common) some additional sequences are shown in following two sightings 4563825 and 4563826 to illustrate it.
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Location information
- Places Wellington Point, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
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TimL NatureMapr Amegilla sp. (genus) Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Amegilla sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2899.7m Recorded at altitude
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- 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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