Blue Banded Bee at Penrose, NSW
Identification history
| Amegilla sp. (genus) | 13 Jan 2022 | michael.batley | ||
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata | 12 Jan 2022 | Aussiegall |
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michael.batley
wrote:
13 Jan 2022
It is certainly a Blue-banded Bee, but not A. cingulata which is not found south of Taree. The most likely possibility is Amegilla asserta, but the different blue banded species can be hard to tell apart.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.212625-34.681700
- Maps Penrose Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 9 Jan 2022 04:42 PM Recorded on
- Aussiegall Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Aussiegall Southern Highlands NatureMapr
Additional information
- salvia Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Amegilla sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1547.5m Recorded at altitude
- 192 images trained Machine learning
- 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
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