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Bombus griseocollis flying over Shrubby St. John's Wort - Bombus griseocollis

Bombus griseocollis flying over Shrubby St. John's Wort - Bombus griseocollis
College of DuPage, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
July 11, 2013
Size: ~15mm

Is this the COD prairie?
Is this the COD prairie?

 
Not really.
A bit north of the prairie are some raised beds with native plants, outside the Health and Sciences Center. Sometimes I hang out there after a class, watching the parade of insects. I don't see this Shrubby St. John's Wort in the prairie itself.

 
Yes, I thought it was a culti
Yes, I thought it was a cultivated one.
Keep your eye out for B. affinis, they should be out there now if there are any.

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