Australian stingless micro bee

One of our Tetragonula species of stingless bee, seen here on Nemesia. There were around 8 of them circling the plant. They are so very small, plus due to their black colour, at first I thought they were flies.

Of Australia's more than 1,700 species of native bees, less than 2% are stingless including 11 of the genus Tetragonula.


4 mm length