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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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Brown-belted Bumble Bee - Bombus griseocollis - female
Copyright © 2007 Ted Kropiewnicki

Brown-belted Bumble Bee - Bombus griseocollis - Female
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
August 26, 2007
Size: 18 mm
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Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 26 August, 2007 - 9:17pm
Last updated 8 June, 2013 - 10:50pm

County?
Is Bear in New Castle County? Do you mind filling up that information in the submission form? It is useful and probably it will become more important as we continue filling up the guide.
… Beatriz Moisset, 29 August, 2007 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, New Castle
I updated these images and will make it a point to include that on each form.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 29 August, 2007 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

no
Bombus griseocollis

note brownish hairs at base of T2, short hairs on thorax, etc.
… John S. Ascher, 26 August, 2007 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Bombus griseocollis
John, thanks for pointing out the multiple traits which make this species unique, Ted
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 28 August, 2007 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

Yes,
looks like bombus impatiens.
… vulgaris, 26 August, 2007 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Im not an expert on bumble bees
and i made a mistake, i apologise.
… vulgaris, 27 August, 2007 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
its OK
keep at it, that is how we learn.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 28 August, 2007 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

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