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Bumblebee with red patch - Bombus perplexus
Copyright © 2015 Jatai

Bumblebee with red patch - Bombus perplexus
Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 22, 2015
Size: est .65 inches
I am baffled by the red patch on this bumblebee. It looks like the first two abdominal segments are yellow, and that the third is yellow with a red patch on top. The thorax is all yellow, without a black spot. The head is black. The hair is long and mussy looking. Feeding on field thistle. Doesn't seem to be Bombus griseocollis -- the hair is too long, and the thorax lacks the black spot.

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Contributed by Jatai on 27 June, 2015 - 8:20pm
Last updated 27 June, 2015 - 11:33pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 27 June, 2015 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Bombus perplexus
Many Thanks!
… Jatai, 28 June, 2015 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

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