Frances alerted me to there being interesting insects on our full-flowering Camellia. Of course this included a good number of European Honeybees.
But as Frances advised there were other species. The first was what iNaturalist has suggested to be Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus, the Red-headed Spider Ant. It has a red head and looks like both a spider and an ant!The third species was (again suggested by iNaturalist) Polistes humilis, Australian Paper Wasp. I picked it as a wasp of some form, from the narrow waist.
Let us see how other experts go on confirming (or otherwise) these names. There were other insects around - my first guess is Hoverflies - but they were not cooperative in posing. I shall try again.
I failed again on the Hoverflies but a nearby Daisy attracted a small bee for which Genus Exoneura (Reed Bees) was suggested.









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