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Bee on trigger plant

Halictinae?

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Description:

Small native bee? feeding on native trigger plant. The plant will fire it's trigger to anoint the insect with pollen. About 9mm long. The plant is Grass Trigger plant -
Stylidium graminifolium, and can be seen better here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/43534088

Habitat:

In a local national park.

Notes:

Yet to search for bee species.... Lassioglossum ? (Halictinae) http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1a…

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