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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
	Family:	Colletid Bee (Bee: Colletidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Copper Metallic Bee (Leioproctus (Leioproctus) clarki)
	This Photo:	S1, Female, dorsal
	Other name:	Xmas-bauble Bee
	Thank you Dr Ken Walker & Asaph (Asaph01) for identifying and Dr John Ascher for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Males ~9mm long, Females a little longer at ~10mm. The males have 13 antennal segments while the females have 12. Note also the scopa (pollen collecting hairs) on the female legs, which are missing on the male.
	Copyright © 2016-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 15-Mar-2016
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.