Central Australia Native BeesMegachile aurifrons (Golden-browed Resin Bee)

Central Australia is home to a number of native bee species, plus the introduced Apis Mellifera (in local apiaries) with the occasional feral swarms.

Check out some of our documented native species in Alice Springs Bees, with more information about them in our section on Insects > Bees.

Lasioglossum (Homalictus) dotatum, Alice Springs NT
Lasioglossum (Homalictus) dotatum, Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Hylaeus albonitens, Alice Springs, NT
Bright-white Masked Bee (Hylaeus albonitens), Alice Springs / Central Australia
family Stenotritidae, genus Stenotritus, Alice Springs NT
family Stenotritidae, genus Stenotritus, Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Ceylalictus perditellus native bee, Alice Springs, NT
Ceylalictus perditellus Alice Springs NT
Lasioglossum (Homalictus) dotatum, Alice Springs NT
Lasioglossum (Homalictus) dotatum, Alice Springs / Central Australia
Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons) capping the nest
Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons) capping the nest, Alice Springs / Central Australia
Exoneurella eremophila on the Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum)
Exoneurella eremophila on the Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum), Central Australia
Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes), Alice Springs NT
Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes), Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Amegilla chlorocyanea bee, Alice Springs, NT
Amegilla chlorocyanea, Alice Springs / Central Australia NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • (unranked): Unicalcarida
  • Suborder: Apocrita
  • Superfamily: Apoidea
  • Clade: Anthophila
  • Families:
    • Andrenidae
    • Apidae
    • Colletidae
    • Halictidae
    • Megachilidae
    • Melittidae
    • Stenotritidae
  • Synonyms: Apiformes

Central Australia Native BeesMegachile aurifrons (Golden-browed Resin Bee)

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