Copper Metallic Bee
S3, Male, dorsal		Ellura
Copper Metallic Bee
S3, Male, profile		 
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Copper Metallic Bee (Leioproctus (Leioproctus) clarki)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, profile
Other name: Xmas-bauble Bee
Thank you Dr Ken Walker & Asaph Whelan (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 © 2016-2025 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.