caliginosus or vosnesenskii (Bombus caliginosus or vosnesenskii) - Bombus

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caliginosus or vosnesenskii (Bombus caliginosus or vosnesenskii) - Bombus

Rancho del Oso Nature Center, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
November 26, 2016

For starters, this looked dead until we tried to move it, then it got more animated. I moved it off the walkway onto a picnic bench, top temp was probably 58 degrees.
Then I noticed the tongue frozen out of the mouth, it was not moving in or out, then I noted a lot of things under the tongue sticking out. Any idea what was happening to this poor creature?
Sorry for photo quality, I'm getting use to a new camera.
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Contributed by Scott Peden on 26 November, 2016 - 1:45am
Last updated 26 November, 2016 - 10:11am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 26 November, 2016 - 10:11am

not sure but could be caliginosus

given locality and seemingly long face

… John S. Ascher, 26 November, 2016 - 4:02am

USCS

Has recorded a lot of vosnesenskii in our area (RDO is about 14 miles to the north, they list that and californicus as the 2 on Campus.

… Scott Peden, 26 November, 2016 - 1:15pm

things under tongue

What are those things sticking out under it's tongue. The tongue was out of it's mouth the whole time, then I noticed these 3-4 shorter long things from under the tongue sticking out too.

… Scott Peden, 26 November, 2016 - 4:35am

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