Large Bumblebees on Astragalus at Mono Lake (1) - Bombus nevadensis

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Large Bumblebees on Astragalus at Mono Lake (1) - Bombus nevadensis

Rush Creek flood channel about 1/3 mile before inlet to Mono Lake, Mono County, California, USA
June 28, 2014
Size: Between 3-4 cm (estimate)

Note the relatively truncate (rather than elongate) corners of the mid-basi-tarsus in the full-size version of this image.

See remarks under 1st image in series for further info.

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Large Bumblebees on Astragalus at Mono Lake (1) - Bombus nevadensis

Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 9 July, 2014 - 3:10am
Last updated 9 July, 2014 - 7:30pm

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