Resin Bee – Megachile (Chalicodomoides) aethiops

Order Hymenoptera; Family Megachilidae; Scientific name: Megachile (Chalicodomoides) aethiops; Common name: Resin Bee – Female working on its nest site, a vacated Mud Dauber Wasp nest, which it has coated with resin - Distribution in Australia: this species has a curious distribution through the tropical parts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland plus south-western Western Australia - Photographed near Kununurra in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.