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Crotch's Bumble Bee on Caterpillar Phacelia - Bombus crotchii - female
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Crotch's Bumble Bee on Caterpillar Phacelia - Bombus crotchii - Female
Claremont Hills Wilderness Park, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 12, 2019
This Bumble Bee was nectaring on Caterpillar Phacelia (Phacelia cicutaria) adjacent to the Cobal Canyon trail in the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. Because of the yellow T2 band and the reddish tail tip, I think this is female Bombus crotchii, although I've never seen one before, so confirmation or correction would be greatly appreciated! (I do have more photos from other angles if they are needed to confirm ID.)

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Crotch's Bumble Bee on Caterpillar Phacelia - Bombus crotchii - female Crotch's Bumble Bee on Caterpillar Phacelia - Bombus crotchii - female
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 14 May, 2019 - 3:53pm

Yes, B. crotchi -
Good to see this, Nancy! Looks like she already has some Phacelia pollen on the corbicula.
… Hartmut Wisch, 14 May, 2019 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

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