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Bumble Bee - Bombus fernaldae
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Bumble Bee - Bombus fernaldae
White Pine Creek, Sanders County, Montana, USA
July 26, 2005
Plant is Goldenrod.
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 9 August, 2005 - 9:21am
Last updated 27 December, 2008 - 12:09pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.

Thanks for your help with these, Liz.
… Lynette Schimming, 15 November, 2007 - 9:13am

P. (B.) fernaldae. Cool.
P. (B.) fernaldae. Cool.
… Liz Day, 14 November, 2007 - 11:01pm

B.appositus?
Looks like Bombus appositus. Elevation?
… Adalbert Goertz, 1 September, 2005 - 11:12pm

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