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Copyright © 2007 Sasha Azevedo

Bumble Bee - Bombus fraternus -

Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
July 31, 2006

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Contributed by Sasha Azevedo on 29 January, 2007 - 9:26pm
Last updated 6 May, 2008 - 8:22pm

Moved

Moved from Bumble Bees.

… Beatriz Moisset, 6 May, 2008 - 8:22pm

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Yes, this is B. fraternus. S

Yes, this is B. fraternus.
She seems to be just hanging there.

… Liz Day, 9 March, 2007 - 11:37pm

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Frames

Please remember the instructions: "For consistency, please do not include any borders or other decorations around your image."
Although nobody will send this to frass for breaking this rule, it is nice to keep consistency throughout the site.
You could resubmit minus the frame or at least refrain from doing it in the future. Still, nice image, like all the others.

… Beatriz Moisset, 2 February, 2007 - 6:41am

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Yes - Bombus sp. (female)

A superb member of the Megabombus group (often treated as a plain genus here in Europe), maybe B. fraternus.

… Richard Vernier, 30 January, 2007 - 12:33pm

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Megabombus is no longer considered a valid group

B. fraternus is quite distantly related from true Palearctic Megabombus

… John S. Ascher, 30 January, 2007 - 2:15pm

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Thank you for the info

I'll have to look for recent literature aboute Bombini systematics and phylogeny. The topic is obviously much more complex than I thought.

… Richard Vernier, 31 January, 2007 - 7:10am

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Bombus (female)

Great! Thank you so much Richard.

… Sasha Azevedo, 30 January, 2007 - 12:44pm

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