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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Bombus  (Bombus Subgenus Bombus ) » Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)

Species Bombus affinis - Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References
Bumblebee - Bombus affinis - male Bumblebee - Bombus affinis - male Bombus affinus on Monarda - Bombus affinis - female Bombus affinus on Monarda - Bombus affinis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Bombini (Bumble Bees)
Genus Bombus (Bumble Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Bombus )
Species affinis (Rusty Patched Bumble Bee)
Explanation of Names
common name refers to the rust-colored patch on the abdomen
Size
queen: body length 21-22 mm
male: 13-17.5 mm
worker: 11-16 mm
Identification
see detailed descriptions at discoverlife.org
Range
eastern North America: Ontario to New Brunswick, south to North Carolina
Season
April to October
Internet References
33 pinned adult images plus detailed descriptions of queen, worker, male, distribution, seasonality, flower records (discoverlife.org)
distribution and photos of male genitalia (Natural History Museum, UK)
common name reference; PDF doc (Committee on Common Names of Insects, Entomological Society of America)
Contributed by Matthew Roth on 26 May, 2006 - 7:29am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 16 February, 2007 - 10:40am

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