craige , 14 days ago to random We're pretty excited to have spotted a native bee that we've never spotted on the block before - and has never been reported as being seen anywhere in the Dee Ranges before! Let me introduce the Neon Cloak & Dagger cuckoo bee. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/418305-Thyreus-nitidulus #thyrsusNitidulus #bees #nativebees #cuckooBees #australianNativeBees cc: @Cheeseness A Neon Cloak and Dagger bee, a native Australian bee with a black body and neon blue patches on the head, thorax and abdomen hangs upside down a nasturtium flower. A Neon Cloak and Dagger bee, a native Australian bee with a black body and neon blue patches on the head, thorax and abdomen hangs upside down a basil flower. A partial map of Central Queensland that shows the distribution of the Neon Cloak and Dagger bee that excludes the Dee Ranges from it's known range.
We're pretty excited to have spotted a native bee that we've never spotted on the block before - and has never been reported as being seen anywhere in the Dee Ranges before!
Let me introduce the Neon Cloak & Dagger cuckoo bee.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/418305-Thyreus-nitidulus
#thyrsusNitidulus #bees #nativebees #cuckooBees #australianNativeBees
cc: @Cheeseness
A Neon Cloak and Dagger bee, a native Australian bee with a black body and neon blue patches on the head, thorax and abdomen hangs upside down a nasturtium flower. A Neon Cloak and Dagger bee, a native Australian bee with a black body and neon blue patches on the head, thorax and abdomen hangs upside down a basil flower. A partial map of Central Queensland that shows the distribution of the Neon Cloak and Dagger bee that excludes the Dee Ranges from it's known range.