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Tricolored Bumble Bee (Bombus ternarius)
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Bo Zaremba
ID help please -
Bombus ternarius
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Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 15, 2008
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Contributed by
Bo Zaremba
on 23 August, 2008 - 8:48pm
Last updated 10 September, 2011 - 6:39pm
Tricolored bumble bee
I believe that
Bombus ternarius
is the only one in our region that is colored like this. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong...
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Charley Eiseman
, 23 August, 2008 - 8:56pm
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it is B. ternarius
of the other Northeastern species B. rufocinctus is the closest in color pattern
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John S. Ascher
, 23 August, 2008 - 10:57pm
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Thanks--
After browsing the
B. rufocinctus
images, I'm sure I would have said the same thing for some of them. What are the most obvious distinguishing characters?
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Charley Eiseman
, 23 August, 2008 - 11:51pm
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Thanks guys.
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Bo Zaremba
, 24 August, 2008 - 9:54am
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