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Bombus ID Request - Bombus impatiens - male
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Bombus ID Request - Bombus impatiens - Male
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
October 1, 2007
Is this a male? Observed on a Symphotrichum sp.
Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 2 October, 2007 - 12:20pm
Last updated 3 October, 2007 - 3:54pm

B. Impatiens
I don't know how to sex them but I think this is Bombus Impatiens.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 2 October, 2007 - 11:09pm

 
yes it is
it seems to be a male

note long antennae and extensive pale hairs on face
… John S. Ascher, 3 October, 2007 - 12:12pm

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