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Bombus Huntii? - Bombus huntii
Copyright © 2008 coultersca

Bombus Huntii? - Bombus huntii
Col devins' trail, mogollon rim, Near Payson, Arizona County, Arizona, USA
June 15, 2008
The Bugguide bee section had rather nice photos.

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Bombus Huntii? - Bombus huntii a tricolored bumble bee in AZ? - Bombus huntii - female a tricolored bumble bee in AZ? - Bombus huntii
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Contributed by coultersca on 16 June, 2008 - 3:48pm
Last updated 10 January, 2009 - 9:30pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Pyrobombus.
… Ken Schneider, 10 January, 2009 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

I now think it is B. huntii
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… John S. Ascher, 10 January, 2009 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 18 November, 2008 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

az bee
Ah thank you. The Kaufman information was limited. Is there a way to decide approximately what species the insect belongs to? I was not in a position to collect the bee and inspect it at all. Nor would i know a great deal about anatomical differences between bees. I have been looking at Ross Arnett's book on 'American Insects' to find out rather more. I was interested because I had not seen a bee coloured in this way before. The Arnett book did not give information about such a colour combination.
Thank you for your help.
… coultersca, 28 June, 2008 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

Bombus (Pyrobombus) sp., maybe huntii; not ternarius
it is not possible to ID bees to species using the Kaufman guide!
… John S. Ascher, 28 June, 2008 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

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