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Bee - Bombus pensylvanicus - Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina, USA September 26, 2007 Size: Approx. 2 cm.
I was looking at images of Bumble Bees and noticed that B. impatiens and B. griseocollis are rather similar to my untrained eye. Any way to tell which species this one is?
Contributed by H Smith on 28 September, 2007 - 3:01pm Last updated 15 January, 2008 - 3:23pm |