Riddells Creek - Bees and Wasps
(click on the name or the picture for a larger/better picture)
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Common Name |
Scientific Name (Family) |
1 |
|
Amegilla species
-
possibly Amegilla cingulata
(Anthophoriidae) |
|
Reed Bee
(or possibly Homalictus Bee) ?? |
|
|
Exoneura species
(Apidae)
or Homalictus species
(Halictidae) |
|
|
Trigona species ??
(Apidae) |
|
|
Megachile species
(Megachilidae) |
5 |
|
Unknown
(Vespidae) |
|
|
Unknown
(Wasp or, most likely, Sawfly??) |
|
|
Unknown
(Unknown) |
7 |
|
Netelia species
(Ichneumonidae) |
|
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Apis mellifera
(Apidae) |
|
|
Vespula germanica
(Vespidae) |
* Not indigenous to Australia before European settlement (these two are perhaps the most commonly seen
here in Riddells Creek).
The following is not a bee or wasp (it is in the Order: Diptera - flies) but could be mistaken for
one and,
hence, it is included here.
|
Melangyna viridiceps
(Syrphidae) |
Bee and Wasps are insects (the Class: Insecta) in the Order: Hymenoptera. The Order Hymenoptera
consists of Bees, Wasps, Sawflies and Ants.
There are about 1,650 species of bees, over 9,950 wasp species, about 3,000 ant species
and 175 species of sawfly in Australia!
First Aid for Bee, Wasp and Ant stings.
We haven't yet found a good website to ID Bees & Wasps. If you find one let us know.
Good book about Bees & Wasps:
"A Field Guide to Insects in Australia" by Paul Zborowski & Ross Storey.
More about Insects & other Invertebrate classes.
We'd like to acknowledge Wendy Moore for her help in identification on this page.
If you've seen a wasp or bee in Riddells Creek that isn't on this list please
let us know ...
we'd love to add it to our list.
All photos are taken in Riddells Creek. If you have photos taken in Riddells Creek
and would like to submit them, send them to Russell & Gill Best.
All photos ©Riddells Creek Landcare or Photographer.
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