I am an avid junior naturalist based in South Australia looking to get into a career in either Taxonomy specialising in Australia’s Bees or Mellitology (both are quite underrepresented in Australia). I especially want to cover the Nullarbor Plain, central SA, and Kangaroo Island as relatively little has been covered there.

I try to ID all the bee observations in Australia by working day-by-day, but as there are so many going back to the beginning and working forward would probably take a year or so, so if you have a particular observation you want ID’d or you think I’ve missed (I check ID’s around 3-5 Adelaide time) feel free to “@“ tag me as I’m always looking for ways to skip homework. I am happy to respond to identifications to the best of my ability, however outside of Australia I will admit I have little idea. Any corrections regarding ID are most welcome.

Please Note: I am a teenager and I don't know everything, don't take what I say as gospel. I can and do make mistakes, so please correct me when I'm wrong. I am always welcoming advice and new information.

I have some projects you may be interested in:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-south-australia-4329a503-d826-4d07-b420-cbfbbc159329
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-kangaroo-island
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-western-australia
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-the-nt
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-queensland
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-nsw
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-the-act
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-victoria
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/native-bees-of-tasmania-including-the-islands
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/south-australian-native-bees-using-bee-hotels

Profile pic is a male Hylaeus euxanthus wing-whirring on a Quandong flower.

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