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Unknown Bumblebee - Bombus pensylvanicus

Unknown Bumblebee - Bombus pensylvanicus
Malabar Scrub Sanctuary, Brevard County, Florida, USA
November 12, 2012
Size: 20mm
I will upload a picture of the tip of the abdomen and the face. This is not like other bumblebees I have seen. Most of the abdomen is covered with yellow hairs. The last segment has orange hairs?. I do not see any pollen baskets on the hind legs which makes me think it is a male. The wings have a kind of red tint. The mandibles are light in color, like cream, but the bee will not open them so I can not count teeth. I would like to release it tomorrow so if something else is needed let me know. I know most bumblebees are identified by male genitalia or female stings, but there cant be that many of them in Central Florida.

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Moved from Bumble Bees.

Bombus pensylvanicus
male

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Moved from ID Request.

flies
when it flies the abdomen is elongated or something and the yellow hairs become much more noticeably banded. I dont see any black hairs on the terminal abdominal segment. Also I counted 13 antenna segments (not flaggemores), which would make this a male bumblebee as opposed to a female cleptoparasitic bumble bee per the UF entomology state bumble bee key.

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