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Bombus rufocinctus? or Bombus melanopygus? - Bombus ternarius - female
Copyright © 2005 laurie_in_maine

Bombus rufocinctus? or Bombus melanopygus? - Bombus ternarius - Female
Bowdoin, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
August 26, 2005
Size: approx. 2 cm.
Cannot find decent photos of this bee on the Internet for proper I.D. ,yet I think it is either Bombus rufocinctus or Bombus melanopygus, but am not sure. Any suggestions?

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Bombus rufocinctus? or Bombus melanopygus? - Bombus ternarius - female Bombus rufocinctus? or Bombus melanopygus? - Bombus ternarius - female
Contributed by laurie_in_maine on 28 August, 2005 - 9:29am
Last updated 16 April, 2009 - 10:17am

Red-tailed Bumble Bee
Thanks to David Jones, at mybitoftheplanet.com, I now know this is a Red-tailed Bumble Bee, Bombus ternarius. What had stumped me was that I considered the bands surrounding the orange to be white, while the description in the Audubon Society Field Guide to N.A. Insects & Spiders says yellow. My color sense has never been too keen!

Laurie
… laurie_in_maine, 28 August, 2005 - 2:35pm

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