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ID on a large bee? please

10 years ago

Hi all, am hoping some one can ID this large what looks like a bee in my garden?

This insect was very weak & sitting on a groundcover plant in the shade, when I placed the insect in the sun it quickly found another shady place to hide.

The images below were taken today, this insect is approximately 1 inch (or 2.5cm) in length much larger than most usual bees in my yard.

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Comments (4)

tucker_sp
10 years ago
It looks like a European hornet to me. Maybe someone else has a better idea. Where are you located? They are naturalized in the US.
Tucker
larry_gene
10 years ago
Zone 10a, Australia. Can't ID it, learned that there are no true hornets in Australia, only wasps and bees.
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lazy_gardens
10 years ago
Try this photo gallery

http://www.aussiebee.com.au/gallery.html
allan4519
Original Author
10 years ago
Hi all, thank you for your comments, 'Lazgardens' looked up that gallery though no similar bee or wasp image there from what I saw?

Is a mystery to me, just hope it is not an introduced species as I just let it go as it looked as though it was on its last legs ie about to die?

I live on east coast of northern NSW Australia very mild climate usually high rain fall though this season is in drought.

Will check this forum again later in case some one sees this post & can ID this bug????

cheers

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