Australian Bees Are Real Headbangers, Say ScientistsAustralia's blue-banded bee appears to have a pollinatingadvantage over the North American...Shekhtman, Lonnie
Fast facts on native bees: Amegilla (Notomegilla) chlorocyanea, male (WA). One of the most-recognised of our native bees are the incredibly fast-flying and stunning blue-banded bees. Representatives of these species can be found around Australia in gardens and the bush. Credit: James Dorey...
Blue-banded Bee (Amegilla cingulata) Bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) Boisduval's Autumn Moth (Oenosandra boisduvallii) Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus verticalis) Botany Bay Weevil (Chrysolopus spectabilis) Boxer Bark Mantid (Paraoxypilus sp) Braconid Wasp (Braconidae family ) Braconid Wasp...
The Australian Magpie produces a clutch of two to five light blue or greenish eggs, which are oval in shape and about 27 x 38 mm (1 x 1.5 in). The chicks hatch synchronously around 20 days after incubation begins; like all passerines, the chicks are altricial"?they are born pink, nake...
J. T. Navigation, recruitment, foraging ecology and visual systems of the Banded Sugar ant, Camponotus consobrinus. PhD thesis, The Australian National University (2014). Basten, K. & Mallot, H. A. Simulated visual homing in desert ant natural environments: efficiency of skyline cues. Biol....
(2016) Shakers and head bangers: differences in sonication behavior between Australian Amegilla murrayensis (blue-banded bees) and North American Bombus impatiens (bumblebees). Arthropod-Plant Interactions,10, 1-8.Switzer, C.M., Hogendoorn, K., Ravi, S., Combes, S.A. (2016) Shakers and ...