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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 Psithyrus (Bombus Subgenus Psithyrus) » Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus insularis)
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Unknown Bee - Bombus insularis - male
Copyright © 2009 R. Bercha

Unknown Bee - Bombus insularis - Male
Southern, Alberta, Canada
August 1, 2007
Does not seem to key out on discover life.
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Contributed by R. Bercha on 9 March, 2009 - 11:04pm
Last updated 16 August, 2014 - 1:34am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Psithyrus.
… John S. Ascher, 16 August, 2014 - 1:34am login or register to post comments

Host?
Does anyone know the host for Bombus (Psithyrus) suckleyi?
… ncapuano, 5 October, 2009 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

maybe a Bombus (Psithyrus) male
note that it was collected with the suckleyi female
… John S. Ascher, 10 March, 2009 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

 
Could be a male insularis too, sure looks like one.
… Liz Day, 16 June, 2009 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

 
What species group is the suc
What species group is the suckleyi?
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 March, 2009 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
suckleyi is with ashtoni.
suckleyi is with ashtoni.
… Liz Day, 16 June, 2009 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

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