Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) euxanthus

Plasterer bee at Keiraville, NSW

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Identification history

	Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) euxanthus	28 Oct 2024	donhe
	Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) euxanthus	28 Oct 2024	PaperbarkNativeBees

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Half a dozen males patrolling one particular Winged Everlasting Daisy plant among a number of daisies. The males would find a daisy and perch there, fanning their wings furiously. The entertaining part was every now and then, one bee would crash tackle another, and they often both fell off the flower in the tussle.

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PaperbarkNativeBees wrote:

28 Oct 2024

I have been advised this is a type of Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis), but I'm not sure on the species - I meant to just select Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) sp.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.876764 -34.408727
Places Keiraville, NSW

Sighting information

6 Abundance
19 Nov 2019 10:09 AM Recorded on
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) PaperbarkNativeBees South Coast NatureMapr

Additional information

Winged Everlasting daisy Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Male Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health
Resting Insect behaviour on flower
True Insect on a flower

Species information

Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) euxanthus Scientific name
Plasterer bee Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 665.5m Recorded at altitude
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