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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)
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Copyright © 2007
Michael Pettigrew
Bombus griseocollis
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Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
June 21, 2007
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Contributed by
Michael Pettigrew
on 25 June, 2007 - 11:18pm
Last updated 12 September, 2011 - 11:27am
Bombus griseocollis
Note that the first abdominal terga (T1) is all yellow, but the second is yellow only on the base and has a slight brownish tinge to the yellow area.
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Sam Droege
, 26 June, 2007 - 9:37am
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note also the all black head (no yellow on vertex)
and rather short pubescence
unlike the Bombus (Pyrobombus) bimaculatus
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John S. Ascher
, 26 June, 2007 - 10:30am
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Interesting
Sam, that's great - Thanks!
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Michael Pettigrew
, 26 June, 2007 - 9:53am
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