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Bombus sonorus? - Bombus sonorus
Copyright © 2008 Ron Hemberger

Bombus sonorus? - Bombus sonorus
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto De Caza, Orange County, California, USA
August 5, 2008
If so, the first for California, breaking the Arizona monopoly.

Update August 8, 2008 - Saw these again at UCI Arboretum in Irvine. Approximately four individual present, similar in number to the earlier Riley siting.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 5 August, 2008 - 6:47pm
Last updated 9 August, 2008 - 1:25am

It sure looks like a male of this species...
...but do wait for conformation from Dr. Ascher.

I haven't Bombus sonorus in the California's Central Valley for years. Nice to know that it's still somewhere in the state.
… Domingo Zungri, 5 August, 2008 - 7:15pm

 
We're populating an Orange County natural history website.
It currently has one B. sonorus that was photographed in 1977. This is the first one I've seen, and I've been shooting for three years. There were at least three or four feeding on the sage today.
… Ron Hemberger, 5 August, 2008 - 7:34pm

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