MegachileMegachile Index Megachile aurifrons Megachile erythropyga Megachile (Eutricharaea) Megachile (Hackeriapis) canifrons Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura Megachile lucidiventris Megachile punctata Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii Megachile semiluctuosa Megachile (Thaumatosoma) Megachile ustulata
Photographs © Marc Newman ◦
Megachile ustulata (looks a bit different to Megachile (Callomegachile) mystaceana with the strong black integumental stripes and the redder legs). These bees were nesting in a couple of old oilskins that the owner was still using. So the nests were damaged but the bees were determined so I suggested that the owner of the property (Historical Maryland Station) buy himself some new wet weather gear.
The Megachile ustulata weren’t making photography easy.
A piece of resin collected from the previous season. It was still malleable and you can still see the pollen mix.
A good view of the abdomen showing the red hairs not covering the black integument.
A bit hard to see but she’s got a beak full of resin which I believe comes from some planted pines nearby.
One of the damaged cells.
I always thought the eggs would be round(ish) but apparently not. Sad for the damage to the cell 🙁
This species of Megachile ustulata were photographed at the property Historical Maryland Station, Cotton Vale, NSW. Following details from the plaque…
Matthew Henry Marsh, M.A., (Oxon), Barrister-at-Law, F.R.G.S., M.P., and his brother, Charles William, came to Australia in the ship Braehomesbury, in 1840. They were the sons of the chancellor of the Diocese of Salisbury, England. They first saw this property in 1842, and called it Merrylands. A depasturing license was issued to Matthew Henry Marsh for the year commencing 1st July, 1842; and, in 1845, the pastoral run was listed as Maryland, in the N.S.W. Government Gazette. In 1848, its area was given as 200,000 acres. It then took in the site of the present town of Stanthorpe. Alfred Sotheron Greenup became Manager of Maryland in 1868, and remained until 1905. He was the son of Doctor Richard Greenup who came to Australia in 1850 as the Surgeon Superintendent of the emigrant ship, John Knox, and was appointed the First Registrar of the University of Sydney. Alfred Sotheron Greenup married Marion, the third daughter of Charles William Marsh, in 1876. Their son, Richard Greenup, became the owner of Maryland in 1924, and this homestead was built by him that year, on the site of an earlier one. His son, Victor Greenup, the Great-Grand-Nephew of the Pioneer Matthew Henry Marsh, became the owner of this historic property, on his father’s death in 1953.
This plaque was unveiled by Victor Greenup on Friday, 1st April, 1966, and was the gift of the Queensland Women’s Historical Association.
- 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
- Species: Megachile ustulata
Footnote & References
- Megachile ustulata, Photographs © Marc Newman, Flickr
- Megachile ustulata, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Megachile ustulata
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