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Hunt's Bumble Bee

Bombus Huntii

Description:

Medium size bumble bee. Head and thorax are yellow. the thorax shows a patch of black between the wings. First and fourth segment of the abdomen are yellow, second and third are bright orange, the two last one are black. Wings are blackish.

Habitat:

Suburban area

1 Species ID Suggestions

MichaelFoisy
MichaelFoisy 11 years ago
Hunt's Bumblebee
Bombus huntii Bombus huntii - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

MichaelFoisy
MichaelFoisy 11 years ago

Glad you agree, I still wasn't sure if Bombus huntii was correct. Arthropod taxonomy can be pure hell. I'm having a time classifying my own Bumblebee, haha! >.<

Would you mind taking a look? I want to see if others come up with the same species as me:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/129...

Noah Citizen
Noah Citizen 11 years ago

Michael, I think you're right. I missed the yellow hair on the head that is diagnostic.

Saskatoon, Canada

Spotted on Jun 17, 2012
Submitted on Jun 19, 2012

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