European honey bee at Burradoo, NSW
Identification history
| Apis mellifera | 3 Jan 2023 | michael.batley | ||
| Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica | 3 Jan 2023 | GlossyGal |
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Both feeding & collecting?
3 comments
michael.batley
wrote:
3 Jan 2023
I can tell from the nice picture of the wing venation, but the things to look for in Apis mellifera are the very hairy eyes and the flattened, largely hairless lower hind leg, where they carry the pollen.
Location information
- Maps Burradoo Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Burradoo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2022 03:37 PM Recorded on
- GlossyGal Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) GlossyGal
Additional information
- I don't know...maybe a shasta daisy? Flower diam 8cm approx Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Collecting pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Apis mellifera Scientific name
- European honey bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 6069.1m Recorded at altitude
- 740 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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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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