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Megachile sp.

Leafcutter, resin or mortar bee at Mount Annan, NSW

Megachile sp. at Mount Annan, NSW - 4 Apr 2023
Megachile sp. at Mount Annan, NSW - 4 Apr 2023
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Identification history

Megachile sp. 5 Apr 2023 michael.batley
Megachile sp. 5 Apr 2023 JudeWright

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michael.batley wrote:
   5 Apr 2023
This is one of the difficult cases that need pretty detailed information, like the shape of the mandibles, to separate females.

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Megachile sp. (several subgenera) (Resin Bees) at Mount Annan, NSW - 4 Apr 2023 by JudeWright Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) bryotrichum at Mount Annan, NSW - 21 Jan 2023 by Paperbark native bees Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica (Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica) at Mount Annan, NSW - 21 Jan 2023 by Paperbark native bees Eulamprus quoyii (Eastern Water Skink) at Mount Annan, NSW - 10 Jan 2022 by Christine Candalides heathi (Rayed Blue) at Mount Annan, NSW - 10 Jan 2022 by Christine Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Mount Annan, NSW - 10 Jan 2022 by Christine Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) primulipictus (Hylaeine colletid bee) at Mount Annan, NSW - 3 Oct 2020 by Paperbark native bees
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) (Resin Bees) at Mount Annan, NSW - 4 Apr 2023 by JudeWright
Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) bryotrichum at Mount Annan, NSW - 21 Jan 2023 by Paperbark native bees
Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica (Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica) at Mount Annan, NSW - 21 Jan 2023 by Paperbark native bees
Eulamprus quoyii (Eastern Water Skink) at Mount Annan, NSW - 10 Jan 2022 by Christine
Candalides heathi (Rayed Blue) at Mount Annan, NSW - 10 Jan 2022 by Christine
Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Mount Annan, NSW - 10 Jan 2022 by Christine
Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) primulipictus (Hylaeine colletid bee) at Mount Annan, NSW - 3 Oct 2020 by Paperbark native bees

Location information

Species information

  • Megachile sp. Scientific name
  • Leafcutter, resin or mortar bee Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 4 Apr 2023 01:15 PM Recorded on
  • JudeWright Recorded by

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