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Appalachian Cuckoo-Bumble bee (Bombus flavidus appalachiensis)
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Charles Wilder
Confusing Bumble Bee -
Bombus flavidus
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Appalachian Trail, Swain County, North Carolina, USA
July 19, 2006
Found on Cutleaf Coneflower - Rudebeckia lanciniata.
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Contributed by
Charles Wilder
on 14 March, 2009 - 1:33pm
Last updated 23 May, 2021 - 8:25am
Moved
Moved from
Confusing Bumble Bee
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John S. Ascher
, 17 June, 2009 - 11:57am
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Confusing Bumble Bee
I checked the specimens in the Smokies collection and Liz is right about the character states mentioned. The images are of Bombus fernaldae.
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Adriean Mayor
, 17 June, 2009 - 8:13am
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In fact, I'm almost certain.
In fact, I'm almost certain.
B. perplexus would have no black spot on thorax, much more yellow hair on lower face, eyes placed further back on the head, and would have denser fur. This is the "yellow tide" version of fernaldae (males at high elevations with buckets of yellow).
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Liz Day
, 16 June, 2009 - 11:11pm
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