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Bumble bee - Bombus auricomus - female
Copyright © 2007 Steve Kortum

Bumble bee - Bombus auricomus - Female
Busch Conservatioon Area, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
September 3, 2007
Bumble bee on sunflower.
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Contributed by Steve Kortum on 16 February, 2008 - 3:13pm
Last updated 23 June, 2008 - 4:43pm

Bombus (Bombias) auricomus (Robertson, 1903)
female
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