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Twospotted Bumble Bee - Bombus bimaculatus - female
Copyright © 2008 Ted Kropiewnicki

Twospotted Bumble Bee - Bombus bimaculatus - Female
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
July 5, 2008
Size: ~ 22 mm
This Bumble Bee just loves to squeeze her large body into a throat of my pink Gladiolus flowers; spends 1-2 minutes in there before moving to the next throat.

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Twospotted Bumble Bee - Bombus bimaculatus - female Twospotted Bumble Bee - Bombus bimaculatus - female Twospotted Bumble Bee - Bombus bimaculatus - female
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Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 11 July, 2008 - 10:14pm
Last updated 25 November, 2009 - 7:46pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Pyrobombus.
… John S. Ascher, 25 November, 2009 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

bimaculatus
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… John S. Ascher, 25 November, 2009 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
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