Photos Insects Spiders 1

Photos of Australian insects, spiders, and other macro photos. You may also like to visit the page “Photos Australian Dragonflies” and “Photos Insects Spiders 2” and “Photos Butterflies”.

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July 2023. A photographic record of bees visiting Balanophora fungosa. According to a paper cited on Wikipedia, Japanese researchers reported that earlier Australian researchers did not find any bees or wasps visiting Balanophora fungosa, while the Japanese researchers recorded the Asian Honeybee, Apis cernua.

in July 2023, at Crystal Cascades near Cairns in Australia, I found European Honeybees, Apis mellifera, and Australian Native Bees, probably Tetragonula sp., visiting Balanophora fungosa, apparently collecting pollen and probably pollinating the flowers. Both species were quite common and it did not appear to be unusual. Observations were made on two separate days, a couple of days apart. Photographic records below:

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Black and Yellow Spiny Spider Gasteracantha fornicata. “It was the first spider to be collected and recorded by science from Australia”. Patrick Honan.

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Hopefully, much more to come. See also “Photos Insects spiders 2” and “Photos Australian Dragonflies”.

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