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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 Pyrobombus (Bombus Subgenus Pyrobombus) » Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus)
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Strange bumble bee - Bombus bimaculatus - male
Copyright © 2008 Vespula Vulgaris

Strange bumble bee - Bombus bimaculatus - Male
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 20, 2008
this one does not look similar to any of the species that i have photographed yet with it's yellow face and yellowish underside.

anybody know?

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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 20 June, 2008 - 6:01pm
Last updated 23 September, 2014 - 6:36pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 13 November, 2009 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

bimaculatus
male
… John S. Ascher, 13 November, 2009 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

Male.
Looks to be a male, and might be that parasitic subgenus Psithyrus (uneven pattern of hairs on abdomen has me suspicious). Need Dr. Ascher to confirm or contradict that, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 June, 2008 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Great!
just the kind of thing I need for my guide thanks!
… Vespula Vulgaris, 20 June, 2008 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

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