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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Bombus  (Bombus Subgenus Bombus ) » Cryptic Bumble Bee (Bombus cryptarum)
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Bombus lucorum - Bombus cryptarum - female
Copyright © 2009 R. Bercha

Bombus lucorum - Bombus cryptarum - Female
Southern, Alberta, Canada
August 1, 2007
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Contributed by R. Bercha on 9 March, 2009 - 10:37pm
Last updated 11 November, 2009 - 8:58am

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 November, 2009 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

So.... are you still seeing lucorum?
It might be among those that have declined. ?
… Liz Day, 16 June, 2009 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Bombus cryptorum/lucorum
This has been one of the most abundant species in Edmonton Alberta this year; they were first recorded here last year, and are obviously doing VERY well.
… Gary Anweiler, 4 August, 2012 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Bombus cryptorum/lucorum
Hello Gary, I am noticing MANY of these bumblebees in my backyard this year too!!! I live in Calgary.
… Deborah Evans, 25 July, 2014 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

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