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Bee on trigger plant

Halictinae?

Description:

Small native bee? feeding on native trigger plant. The plant will fire it's trigger to anoint the insect with pollen. About 9mm long. The plant is Grass Trigger plant - Stylidium graminifolium, and can be seen better here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/435...

Habitat:

In a local national park.

Notes:

Yet to search for bee species.... Lassioglossum ? (Halictinae) http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...

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Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 11, 2014
Submitted on Oct 13, 2014

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