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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Pyrobombus (Bombus Subgenus Pyrobombus) » Van Dyke's Bumble Bee (Bombus vandykei)
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Thistle-loving bumble bee would also love having a name. - Bombus vandykei - male
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Thistle-loving bumble bee would also love having a name. - Bombus vandykei - Male
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 26, 2007

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Thistle-loving bumble bee would also love having a name. - Bombus vandykei - male Thistle-loving bumble bee would also love having a name. - Bombus vandykei
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 29 June, 2007 - 11:47pm
Last updated 12 December, 2009 - 4:04pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 November, 2009 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

I now think it's vandykei
a male
… John S. Ascher, 11 November, 2009 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John
for this and many recent IDs.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 November, 2009 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

probably californicus
but I'm in Turkey now, can't check literature or specimens, so am not certain
… John S. Ascher, 30 June, 2007 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

 
Hello John,
whenever you get to look at this again, please also compare with the images below. They were shot at the same time at RSABG, and are of the same specimen:
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… Hartmut Wisch, 1 July, 2007 - 12:47am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John.
Hope you are enjoying your travels. I have a friend who goes there from time to time.
… Ron Hemberger, 30 June, 2007 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

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