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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) » Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee (Bombus mixtus)
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Bumblebee - Bombus mixtus - male
Copyright © 2009 Phil Huntley-Franck

Bumblebee - Bombus mixtus - Male
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
July 22, 2009
Bombus mixtus?

Is that pinkish stuff at the corners of the mouth natural? a fungus? or just sloppy eating?

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Bumblebee - Bombus mixtus - male Bumblebee - Bombus mixtus
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 8 November, 2009 - 5:37pm
Last updated 12 November, 2009 - 12:59pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 12 November, 2009 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

I think this is a subgenus Pyrobombus male
could be mixtus or if not flavifrons
… John S. Ascher, 12 November, 2009 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

What a great looking little fluff ball :)
GREAT shots. Wonder what it was doing with that mid leg -- scratching? just stretching? repositioning? defending from the camera lens?
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 8 November, 2009 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
One of my kitties does that, then rolls onto her back whenever she wants a tummy rub. Since I've got additional shots of this fluff-ball doing this on her other side, as well, I'm guessing she's cleaning . . . or shooing me away so she can have some privacy while grooming . . . maybe I should have tried rubbing her tummy.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 9 November, 2009 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe..
its waving hello. Great Shot!
… Algidus, 9 November, 2009 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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