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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus)
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Vespula Vulgaris
American bumble bee? -
Bombus auricomus
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Pennsylvania, USA
July 20, 2008
Size: about 1 In
If it is then this is my first ever sighting of it.
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Contributed by
Vespula Vulgaris
on 20 July, 2008 - 10:52am
Last updated 2 May, 2009 - 10:09pm
County?
Will you please fill in the county info?
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Beatriz Moisset
, 30 September, 2012 - 2:54pm
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Bombus auricomus
Muellerian mimic of the American Bumble Bee
Note the following:
- ocelli low on face
- yellow hairs on vertex
- yellow hairs on scutellum (thin yellow posterior thoracic band)
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John S. Ascher
, 20 July, 2008 - 11:28am
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Vespula Vulgaris
, 20 July, 2008 - 12:11pm
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