Megachile lucidiventris

Resin bee, Megachilid bee at Springwood, NSW

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Identification history

	Megachile lucidiventris	17 Mar 2024	michael.batley
	Megachile punctata	17 Mar 2024	SapphFire

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This is our resident Megachile bee who has made use of the bee hotel at our property. She was on the mulch beneath some flowers here on a cooler day. She was not ill and is still alive 2 months later. I suspect she was resting or collecting resin.

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michael.batley wrote:

17 Mar 2024

It is hard to be certain, but she looks more like M. lucidiventris from what I can see, because there seems to be quite a lot of white hair at the front of the abdomen (well the metasoma, strictly speaking, because they are not quite the same). M. punctata has only a small amount of white hair at the sides.

SapphFire wrote:

17 Mar 2024

Thank you so much, Michael! I really appreciate your I.D. She is indeed quite hairy!

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Location information

Places Springwood, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) SapphFire Greater Sydney NatureMapr

Additional information

On bark mulch below garden Brachyscome multifida Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Female Gender
Nest building Breeding behaviour
Alive / healthy Animal health
Resting Insect behaviour on flower
True Nest present

Species information

Megachile lucidiventris Scientific name
Resin bee, Megachilid bee Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 680.3m Recorded at altitude
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