An interesting post about the Green Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa aerata) and the Kangaroo Island population by Kevin Thiele on the Taxonomy Australia blog:
https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/post/this-big-beautiful-bee-is-in-serious-trouble
Here's the list of observations on iNat from KI, one of which shows a nesting female in a Banksia trunk:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6899&subview=grid&taxon_id=522827
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