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Subgenus Subterraneobombus (Bombus Subgenus Subterraneobombus)
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Northern Amber Bumble Bee (Bombus borealis)
Photo#66560
Copyright © 2006
Mardon Erbland
B. borealis -
Bombus borealis
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Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 25, 2006
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Contributed by
Mardon Erbland
on 25 July, 2006 - 3:01pm
Last updated 23 June, 2008 - 4:52pm
Moved
Moved from
Bumble Bees
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Beatriz Moisset
, 6 May, 2008 - 8:06pm
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Moved
Moved from
Golden Northern Bumble bee
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Mardon Erbland
, 14 October, 2006 - 3:49pm
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B. (Subterreneobombus) borealis, not B. fervidus
fervidus has an all black head and more yellow on the thorax
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John S. Ascher
, 22 September, 2006 - 10:28pm
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Moved
I've moved these images to the Bombus page because there is no Guide Page for the species B. borealis. Hopefully an editor will create one.
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Mardon Erbland
, 14 October, 2006 - 3:51pm
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Thank you!
The Natural History Museum
web page for Subterraneobombus
shows that one species of Subterranobombus is known to live in Newfoundland. If this image is of a
Bombus (St.) borealis
Kirby, 1837-272, then I guess this must be the species that they are talking about. Thank you for the correction.
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Mardon Erbland
, 23 September, 2006 - 8:49am
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Bombus fervidus (Apidae)
Bumblebee. The sacs are the pollen collected.
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Adalbert Goertz
, 25 July, 2006 - 5:46pm
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Thank You! - Moved
Thanks for the ID and the comment on the sacs.
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Mardon Erbland
, 26 July, 2006 - 6:00pm
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