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Blue-Banded Bee
Amegilla cingulata
-37.9029, 144.658
Field Notes
Description:
Extra fluffy bee with pale blue-green stripes on abdomen (bluer in real life, light was poor, shot on a mobile phone), golden brown thorax, and pale eyes.
An important pollinator of Australian crops, through 'buzz polination'.
Habitat:
Found at dusk on lavender shrub in suburban backyard garden. Known to favour blue flowers. Short range of 300m.
Notes:
Seemed reluctant to move, stayed completely still, huddled up on leaf probably for the night. This behavior in addition to the number of complete stripes (5), means it was a male bee.
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Photographed
PublishedMarch 9, 2016
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