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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) » Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee (Bombus flavifrons)
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BB on nepeta - Bombus flavifrons
Copyright © 2014 Gordana

BB on nepeta - Bombus flavifrons
North Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Region, British Columbia, Canada
July 3, 2012

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Contributed by Gordana on 28 March, 2014 - 12:51pm
Last updated 28 March, 2014 - 8:58pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 28 March, 2014 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

Maaaybe Bombus rufocinctus?
Maaaybe Bombus rufocinctus? The pattern feels closest to B. griseocollis, but the hair feels too shaggy, though I could be wrong there.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 28 March, 2014 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
eyes too small?
is it just me or do the eyes seem small for either one of those
… hg, 28 March, 2014 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, the eyes are too small
And it's too shaggy.

I think it's a flavifrons male
… John S. Ascher, 28 March, 2014 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, hmm, I could interpret th
Oh, hmm, I could interpret the yellow fringe on the lower tergites to be consistent - that does explain it. Thanks!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 28 March, 2014 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmm, point taken - they are q
Hmm, point taken - they are quite small. I'm out of ideas, then!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 28 March, 2014 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Bombus
Bombus
… Scotty Anderson, 28 March, 2014 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

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