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Cuckoo Bumblebee - Bombus flavidus - male
Copyright © 2005 Beatriz Moisset

Cuckoo Bumblebee - Bombus flavidus - Male
Top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, USA
July 23, 2005
Size: 12-15 mm.
There were at least two different types of bumblebees on the flowers of meadowsweet (Spiraea latifolia). Unfortunately I don't know how to ID any bumblebees.
Hymenoptera Anthophila Apidae Bombus representative
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 2 August, 2005 - 1:02pm
Last updated 23 May, 2021 - 8:29am

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 November, 2009 - 1:32pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 May, 2008 - 5:39pm

Probably male fernaldae.
Probably male fernaldae.
… Liz Day, 30 November, 2007 - 2:15am

 
I agree
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… John S. Ascher, 11 November, 2009 - 1:32pm

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