Unverified

Can you identify this sighting?

Unverified at suppressed - suppressed
Unverified at suppressed - suppressed
Unverified at suppressed - suppressed
Request use of media

Identification history

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Couple of small native bees foraging on the flowering drumsticks

3 comments

KylieWaldon wrote:
   18 Oct 2024
great capture. I think the one on the top is a fly though!
Darcy wrote:
   19 Oct 2024
Yep it sure is, I was so focussed on getting a picture of the bee that I didn't notice the fly land. It's not pictured, but there was a second bee on another of the flowers on the same plant.
KylieWaldon wrote:
   20 Oct 2024
Ohhh I see! Well well done anyway. Its not easy to get pics of the native bees.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Sighting information

Additional information

  • Pycnosorus globosus (Drumsticks) Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • Alive / healthy Animal health
  • Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
  • True Insect on a flower

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
811,575 sightings of 22,088 species from 13,841 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.