Alice Springs Desert Park
ASDP InsectsAmegilla chlorocyanea Bee Banksia Moth – Caterpillar Bee Fly (Australiphthiria sp) Bee Fly (Ligyra cingulata) Braunsapis sp Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale) Caper White Butterfly Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus ssp sthenelus) Crusader Bug (Mictis profana) Day Flying Moth Exoneurella eremophila Bee Ground Shield Bug Heliotrope Moth (Utetheisa pulchelloides) Katydid (Taeniomenae) Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Mating Lasioglossum (Homalictus) Opisthopsis sp Potter Wasp Processionary Caterpillar Snout Beetle (Lixus) Torymus Chalcid Wasp Transverse Ladybird
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Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) on the Poached Egg Daisy (Polycalymma stuartii) in the Alice Springs Desert Park, NT.
You’ll notice this bee has white hair bands on the abdomen, is mostly black underneath and carries pollen on its legs.
More information about our native bees in Alice Springs Bees and Insects > Bees > Lasioglossum.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Halictidae
- Subfamily: Halictinae
- Genus: Lasioglossum
- Subgenus: infrageneric Chilalictus
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Megan Halcroft and Josh Whitehead for ID, Bee Aware of Your Native Bees (Australia), Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/beeawareofyournativebees
- Lasioglossum bees – the forgotten pollinators, Nelson, Warrick & Howlett, Brad & Evans, Lisa & Donovan, Barry. (2022). Lasioglossum bees – the forgotten pollinators. Journal of Apicultural Research. 10.1080/00218839.2022.2028966, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358444855_Lasioglossum_bees_-_the_forgotten_pollinators
ASDP InsectsAmegilla chlorocyanea Bee Banksia Moth – Caterpillar Bee Fly (Australiphthiria sp) Bee Fly (Ligyra cingulata) Braunsapis sp Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale) Caper White Butterfly Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus ssp sthenelus) Crusader Bug (Mictis profana) Day Flying Moth Exoneurella eremophila Bee Ground Shield Bug Heliotrope Moth (Utetheisa pulchelloides) Katydid (Taeniomenae) Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Mating Lasioglossum (Homalictus) Opisthopsis sp Potter Wasp Processionary Caterpillar Snout Beetle (Lixus) Torymus Chalcid Wasp Transverse Ladybird
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