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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 Thoracobombus (Bombus Subgenus Thoracobombus) » American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)
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American Bumble Bee - Bombus pensylvanicus
Copyright © 2019 Jon Rapp

American Bumble Bee - Bombus pensylvanicus
Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary, Boone County, Missouri, USA
August 29, 2017
This doesn't look like other Carpenter Bees I've seen. This one has yellow and black abdomen. Can it be identified?

Thanks!

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American Bumble Bee - Bombus pensylvanicus American Bumble Bee - Bombus pensylvanicus
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Contributed by Jon Rapp on 6 February, 2019 - 1:34pm
Last updated 7 February, 2019 - 9:26am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 6 February, 2019 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

bumblebee
This is a bumblebee, either Bombus pensylvanicus or auricomus, difficult to tell from this angle. If you have any other photos of the bee, which shows the abdomen better, that would help, as well as cropping your picture to show just the insect, so we can see more detail.
… Molly Jacobson, 6 February, 2019 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Molly!
Sorry I don't have other views, however I will add a closer crop.
… Jon Rapp, 6 February, 2019 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
So, my guess would be B. pensylvanicus. Its scutellum has only black hair, and its face appears to as well, which suggests this species over auricomus. But wait for an expert confirmation.
… Molly Jacobson, 6 February, 2019 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
will do
Thanks again!
… Jon Rapp, 6 February, 2019 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

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