Southern Downs BeesSouthern Downs Native Bees Amphylaeus obscuriceps Exoneura sp Homalictus urbanus Hylaeus euxanthus Hylaeus ruficeps ruficeps Lasioglossum lanarium Leioproctus xanthosus Megachile deanii Lipotriches gracilipes Peacock Carpenter Bee Red Singer
Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii belong within the subgenus Rhodomegachile, genus Megachile, that describes bees with black integument on the head and thorax and have red-orange abdomen. The Megachile deanii have a more orange to coppery coloured abdomen.
They are often seen collecting resin for the nest. Some nests may have up to three bees visiting the same nest.
Following are Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii in a “bee hotel” in a garden at Ballandean, Queensland.
For more photos from the bee hotel, check out the blog Trouble at the nest…
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- Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Megachilidae
- Subfamily: Megachilinae
- Tribe: Megachilini
- Genus: Megachile
- Subgenus: Rhodomegachile
- Species: Megachile deanii
Footnote & References
- Photographs Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
- Megachile deanii, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/628220-Megachile-deanii
- Megachile (Rhodomegachile), Exotic Bee ID, http://idtools.org/id/bees/exotic/factsheet.php?name=17673
Southern Downs BeesSouthern Downs Native Bees Amphylaeus obscuriceps Exoneura sp Homalictus urbanus Hylaeus euxanthus Hylaeus ruficeps ruficeps Lasioglossum lanarium Leioproctus xanthosus Megachile deanii Lipotriches gracilipes Peacock Carpenter Bee Red Singer
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