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Calissa ([personal profile] calissa) wrote2014-01-29 07:49 pm
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Busy bee

This is more for my own reference than anything, though there may perhaps be a couple of others interested.

Today I saw an Australian native bee in my garden.

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Apologies for the quality, but the little guy was moving too quickly for me to get a good shot. You can see it below and to the right of the flower in the centre. The scientific name is Amegilla cingulata and the common name is for the distinctive turquoise stripes covering its abdomen. For those wondering, the bush is pineapple sage.

In other news, editing on the Gold Coast anthology continues so well that tonight I have run out of editing and can now only wait until I've heard back from authors. However, I do still have some admin work to tackle for the project... though I think I will leave it until tomorrow.