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Search on for KI’s elusive, endangered green carpenter bees

Female (top) and male (bottom) metallic green carpenter bees (Xylocopa aeratus) are extinct on mainland SA and were recently listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Pictures: Dr Richard Glatz
Stan Gorton

Entomologists are asking the community to report any sightings of the elusive and endangered green carpenter bee on Kangaroo Island. […]

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