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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus)
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Copyright © 2017
Blaine Rothauser
Bombus pennslyvanicus -
Bombus auricomus
Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
July 24, 2017
This was a sizable worker - B. Pennsylvanicus I assume ....... Also reading that it is in severe decline.
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Blaine Rothauser
on 24 July, 2017 - 12:21pm
Last updated 24 July, 2017 - 1:49pm
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John S. Ascher
, 24 July, 2017 - 1:49pm
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Can you please provide explan
Can you please provide explanation if you have a chance for auricormus over americanus - I read the treatise in the BB of NA ID Guide and I thought the dark thoracic belt may have been a clue to americanus.. do they require dissection and look at the penis-valve to confirm? Rough group.
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Blaine Rothauser
, 24 July, 2017 - 5:39pm
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