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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 Cullumanobombus (Bombus Subgenus Cullumanobombus) » Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)
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Bombus 2 - Bombus griseocollis
Copyright © 2016 sh11

Bombus 2 - Bombus griseocollis
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
July 25, 2015

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Bombus 2 - Bombus griseocollis - male Bombus 2 - Bombus griseocollis Bombus 2 - Bombus griseocollis
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Contributed by sh11 on 9 March, 2016 - 11:54am
Last updated 9 March, 2016 - 1:25pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 9 March, 2016 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Bombus griseocollis - note th
Bombus griseocollis - note the large eyes. B. affinis also has brown on the abdomen, but has a black face (even in males) and is quite rare.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 March, 2016 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for these tips Kelsey-
how were you able to tell that this was B. griseocollis instead of B. bimaculatus? This is quite a learning process for me!
… sh11, 9 March, 2016 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

 
This bee is rather trickier t
This bee is rather trickier than the other you posted today, I'll admit! The orangey-brown tinge to tergite 2 is not found in bimaculatus (which is solely yellow there), although it's very subtle on this bee. griseocollis males also have very large, bulgy eyes, which this bee has.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 March, 2016 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Wonderful- I greatly
appreciate you taking the time to respond Kelsey!
… sh11, 9 March, 2016 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

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