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Perplexing Bumble Bee (Bombus perplexus)
Photo#895574
Copyright © 2014
Jason King
Bumblebee -
Bombus perplexus
Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
July 25, 2013
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Contributed by
Jason King
on 21 February, 2014 - 11:34am
Last updated 21 February, 2014 - 8:15pm
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John S. Ascher
, 21 February, 2014 - 8:15pm
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I think this is likely Bombus
I think this is likely
Bombus perplexus
(T1-2 yellow, no strong markings on the thorax, posterior side of the thorax black, face black but top of head yellow).
Bombus vagans
or
B. sandersoni
are other possibilities, but
B. vagans
has a central black spot on the thorax and thoracic sides yellow and
B. sandersoni
has thoracic sides yellow, tongue short, and hair short and even (this bee feels long and a bit shaggy to me).
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 21 February, 2014 - 4:38pm
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