A plaster bee at suppressed
Identification history
| Leioproctus (Leioproctus) amabilis | 21 Nov 2024 | PeterA | ||
| Leioproctus (Exleycolletes) sp. | 19 Nov 2024 | PaperbarkNativeBees |
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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.
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Mar 2024 09:51 AM Recorded on
- PaperbarkNativeBees Recorded by
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) PaperbarkNativeBees
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 Pollinator Insect on 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
- Machine learning
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