This big, beautiful bee is in serious trouble

An interesting post about the Green Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa aerata) and the Kangaroo Island population by Kevin Thiele on the Taxonomy Australia blog:

https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/post/this-big-beautiful-bee-is-in-serious-trouble

Here's the list of observations on iNat from KI, one of which shows a nesting female in a Banksia trunk:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6899&subview=grid&taxon_id=522827

Posted on November 10, 2020 09:45 PM by cobaltducks