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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 Pyrobombus (Bombus Subgenus Pyrobombus) » Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)
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Unknown insect - Bombus vosnesenskii
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Unknown insect - Bombus vosnesenskii
San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA
November 17, 2010
Size: 1 inch long, 1/2 inch wid
yellow head, yellow stripe on rear, had wings although it was walking on the deck,

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Unknown insect - Bombus vosnesenskii Unknown insect - Bombus vosnesenskii
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Contributed by boobooguide@gmail.com on 17 November, 2010 - 6:10pm
Last updated 18 November, 2010 - 7:28am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 17 November, 2010 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
a Bumble Bee of some kind--maybe something like this one:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 November, 2010 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
That's probably it, but rather late in the year.
Hopefully, we'll get some expert commentary.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 November, 2010 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Bombus vosnesenskii vs. caliginosus
I believe in Orange County is must be vosnesenskii. See comments here.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 November, 2010 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Correct, but...
There's also the similar black-faced Bombus californicus, which I'm not experienced enough to rule out from these somewhat oddly angled photos. A face shot would be telling.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 November, 2010 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

 
not californicus
the yellow running down the face isn't found in californicus. I see these a lot, so they're pretty easy for me to recognize.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 November, 2010 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

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