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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) » Digger Bees (Anthophorini) » Digger Bees (Anthophora) » Subgenus Melea (Anthophora Subgenus Melea) » Anthophora abrupta
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Bumble Bee - Anthophora abrupta
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Bumble Bee - Anthophora abrupta
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
June 15, 2006
IDNature site suggests Bombus citrinus or B. variabilis, neither of which are in the guide so I can't confirm. On milkweed.

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Contributed by Steve Scott on 27 June, 2006 - 10:48pm
Last updated 27 June, 2015 - 7:44am

Anthophora sp. (Apidae)
not Bumble Bee. Possibly A. abrupta.
… Adalbert Goertz, 28 June, 2006 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
I agree, nice catch Adalbert:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 June, 2006 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Well
that explains my frustrations lately at trying to image such "slow-moving bumble bees"! What are the visual cues that differentiate - besides speed.
… Steve Scott, 28 June, 2006 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Check the
wing venation to differentiate Bombus from Anthophora.
… Adalbert Goertz, 28 June, 2006 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

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