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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) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Pyrobombus (Bombus Subgenus Pyrobombus) » flavifrons or sitkensis (Bombus flavifrons or sitkensis)
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bombus spp - Bombus - female
Copyright © 2015 sofiar

bombus spp - Bombus - Female
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
May 22, 2015
Haven't been watching bees as closely as I would like for a season and a half so feeling very rusty. This just doesn't quite look like any of the species I see most frequently around here or maybe I am rusty.

On Phacelia spp.

I also think it may be same species as http://bugguide.net/node/view/1075948/bgimage which I also just posted.
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Contributed by sofiar on 31 May, 2015 - 12:10pm
Last updated 31 May, 2015 - 10:05pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 31 May, 2015 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, I have seen and had v
Thanks, I have seen and had verified sitkensis here. It'd be cool and not surprising to see flavifrons. I guess I need to try for some more photos. This bee was visiting the phacelia and penstemons and I watched it for some time and tried to get photos. But as per my usual not so good.
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