Author Koh Lin â—¦
It’s either a little bee that looks like a little Crabronid wasp, or a little Crabronid wasp that looks like a little bee…
It looked almost deceased, when I fished it out of the swimming pool in Alice Springs. I could sense the water it chucked up (or maybe my active imagination), as it slowly crawled on to the leaf I held out… placing it safely to finish drying off and for me to observe, before flying away. Another life saved and another good deed for the day 😀
It has been suggested that it belongs to the genus Megachile…
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Footnote & References
- Many thanks for suggested ID to Gary Taylor and Dane Jensen, members of Bee Aware of Your Native Bees (Australia), https://www.facebook.com/groups/beeawareofyournativebees/
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