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Bombus - Bombus auricomus
Copyright © 2006 Ilona L.

Bombus - Bombus auricomus
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 11, 2006
This large bumblebee has been getting used to being photographed. At first it would fly off after buzzing me but now it mainly tends to ignore me when I take the closeup shots. And that wasn't a trick shot with the fly on the bee. (It makes it look like we have really large bumblebees in Wisconsin!)

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 12 August, 2006 - 10:43pm
Last updated 3 October, 2006 - 1:45pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 3 October, 2006 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 3 October, 2006 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

Bombus [nevadensis] auricomus
ocelli below vertex
… John S. Ascher, 3 October, 2006 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

Moved to Bombus
Most bumblebees remain unidentified. Let us keep them at genus level in hopes that a specialist comes along and gives us a hand.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 August, 2006 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

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