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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 Bombias (Bombus Subgenus Bombias) » Black-and-gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus)
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Bumblee Bee - Bombus auricomus - male
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Bumblee Bee - Bombus auricomus - Male
Nachusa Grasslands, Lee County, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2007
A territorial bee that was chasing away all other critters in the area.
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 1 July, 2007 - 10:44pm
Last updated 3 July, 2007 - 2:17pm

Bombus auricomus
fratenus is most similar in appearance
… John S. Ascher, 3 July, 2007 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Male.
This is a male then. Note the large eyes, which may help someone else to give you a species name. The behavior you describe, and that it is exhibiting here, is typical of many male Hymenoptera.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 July, 2007 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

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