Checkered cuckoo bee (Thyreus caeruleopunctatus)

Checkered cuckoo bee (Thyreus caeruleopunctatus) 2016

CRANNEY, Kate

Registration number

1908698

Artist/maker

CRANNEY, Kate

Title

Checkered cuckoo bee (Thyreus caeruleopunctatus)

Production date

2016

Medium

ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

29.7 x 42 cm (paper size)

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Kate Cranney (www.katecranney.com)

Keywords

Kate Cranney, cuckoo bee, The Little Things That Run the City, 2016, drawing

Summary

This drawing depicts a single adult checkered cuckoo bee. The checkered cuckoo bee is an Australian native bee. These bee’s live by themselves and the female makes her own nest in the soil or the hollows of a tree. Some Australian wildflowers have long tubes that can only be pollinated by the native bee’s long tongue. The illustration was drawn by Kate Cranney for the City of Melbourne's publication 'The Little Things that Run the City'. The book explores the diversity of insects we have within our city’s boundaries and examines what we can do to help them survive and thrive.