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Large Bumblebee - Bombus crotchii - female
Copyright © 2006 Robyn Judith Waayers

Large Bumblebee - Bombus crotchii - Female
Cuyamaca, San Diego County, California, USA
July 9, 2006
Size: 25 mm
Visiting flowering milkweed, in the company of many tarantula hawks and other smaller bumblebees.
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Contributed by Robyn Judith Waayers on 3 October, 2010 - 4:02pm
Last updated 5 September, 2011 - 2:17pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 23 October, 2010 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bombus californicus.
… Robyn Judith Waayers, 4 October, 2010 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

To me, this looks like
a female (worker or queen) Bombus crotchii. Wait and see what Dr. Ascher says.
… Domingo Zungri, 3 October, 2010 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
Bombus crotchii
… John S. Ascher, 23 October, 2010 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
And I felt so confident (famous last words!)...
This bee does have the reddish hairs posteriorly, like B. crotchii.
… Robyn Judith Waayers, 4 October, 2010 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

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