Native Bees of Oatley Park and Lime Kiln Bay
There are many species of native bees found in Oatley Park, and at the end of spring of 2025, I wanted to document the ones I could find here because, as far as I know, no one had fully documented them before. As of May 2026, I have found 29 native bees identifiable to species and likely over 45 different types. While photographing them, I have captured some amazing photos of these bees. These are some of my best.
Reed bee in a Pink Spider Flower
Launceston Leioproctus posing on Polyscias
Homalictus bee feeding from a small flower
Amegilla asserta male feeding from a clover flower
A Green-gold carpenter bee feeding from persicaria
A lasioglossum bee female exiting from her shared burrow
Hylaeus asperithorax on a flannel flower
Hylaeus alcyoneus female nectar bubbling after feeding from an Old Man Banksia
A metallic homalictus bee standing near her burrow with an abdomen full of pollen
Hylaeus bidentatus female feeding on a banksia
A Hylaeus asperithorax male checking out this flower with a yellow-spotted blue butterfly
Lasioglossum bee resting in a dandelion flower
Leioproctus bee foraging from Polyscias
Reed Bee on Platysace flowers
Littler's Masked Bee on a Banksia
An unnamed Masked bee on a Banksia
Ferruginous-tailed Austral-Nomia female on an Australian Blackthorn