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    Default Not sure what this little guy is - assuming a native bee

    _M142986 by Phil Gartner, on Flickr

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    My guess is one of the leaf cutter bee species.

    Good picture too.

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    It's hard to tell the size but i would suggest these are about 20mm long, here is an alternative photo, these are small flowers on a succulent.

    _M142976 by Phil Gartner, on Flickr

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    Hover fly


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    Quote Originally Posted by warrick View Post
    Hover fly


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    Yep that seems to be it, part of the Fly family buts seems to be a positive in the yard based on the Wiki article
    Hoverfly - Wikipedia

    Thanks Rick

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    Regarding native bees - so you know what to look for, they are tiny - about 2mm long.

    Regards, Jeff

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    Great photos Phil,

    Just watch out for anything looking like this. Disaster time if you find them. Queensland Fruit Fly, they have devastated my and my neighbours stone fruit crops this year.

    Queensland Fruit Fly.jpg

    Not anywhere near the quality of your photo sorry.
    (Going to hit them with pheromone traps next year.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeffen View Post
    Regarding native bees - so you know what to look for, they are tiny - about 2mm long.

    Regards, Jeff
    There are about 8,000 native bee species and they vary in size from a few mm to much larger than European bees. Most are solitary so don’t live in colonies. Colour varies too and there are some absolutely spectacular metallic ones. They mostly have back legs adapted to carry pollen.
    The ‘honey bag’ bee is quite common from Sydney northwards on the coast. The are a colony-forming species and provided the first peoples with honey. They are about the size of the hover fly you pictured but more stocky in shape. They are all black. Do a search for Tetragonula carbonaria - not sure I have the spelling exact. There are whole websites devoted to them.


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    Great photography.
    (And no buzz jokes)

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    Looks more like a european wasp.

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