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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 Bombus  (Bombus Subgenus Bombus ) » Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)
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Possible affinis queen - Bombus affinis - female
Copyright © 2018 kristinL356

Possible affinis queen - Bombus affinis - Female
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
August 19, 2018
Size: Between 3/4 to 1in.
Large size bumblebee resting in my anise hyssop. A bit bigger than the large male griseocolis we've had around and definitely stockier. Thorax yellow with black spot. T1-2 yellow, the rest black. Face black, top of the head mostly black but with two small spots of yellow. I'm thinking this is an affinis queen. I have more photos so let me know if there's something you need a better look at to confirm.

Confirmed affinis at bumblebeewatch.org.

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Contributed by kristinL356 on 20 August, 2018 - 3:11pm
Last updated 23 August, 2018 - 2:29pm

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