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Copyright © 2008 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Yellow-circled Bee - Bombus vosnesenskii

San Joaquin Wildlife Refuge, Orange County, California, USA
June 14, 2008
Size: ~1cm, maybe larger

Not the best picture, but I didn't want to go tramping through the garden to get closer. I'm hoping the distinctive yellow ring on the abdomen may point the way to an ID.

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Yellow-circled Bee - Bombus vosnesenskii

Yellow-circled Bee - Bombus vosnesenskii

Yellow-circled Bee - Bombus vosnesenskii

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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 15 June, 2008 - 9:13am
Last updated 16 April, 2009 - 10:47am

Bombus vosnesenskii vs. caliginosus

It certainly looks like a yellow-faced bumble bee to me. However from John's comments here I guess there is one other species that looks very similar.

… Lynette Elliott, 16 June, 2008 - 8:32am

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in Orange County it must be vosnesenskii

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… John S. Ascher, 28 June, 2008 - 11:57am

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If I remember a previous post correctly...

...Dr. Ascher said there were only the two choices I mentioned above for Orange County.

Some interesting discussion here, relating to northern California species:

… Ron Hemberger, 16 June, 2008 - 9:28am

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I think you'll need a mug shot

Dr. Ascher may be able to ID this one, but there are at least two local bees with the yellow ring: Bombus californicus (black face) and Bombus(Pyrobombus) vosnesenskii (yellow face).

I'd guess B. californicus, as they're more common and I've seen some recently (Riley).

… Ron Hemberger, 15 June, 2008 - 5:45pm

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I don't have a good face shot

I don't have a good face shot, but the two I do have, show enough yellow on the face to, I think, make this vosnesenskii. However I'll defer to the experts.

… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 16 June, 2008 - 8:19am

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