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Yellowhead bumblebee

Bombus flavifrons

Description:

The yellowhead bumble bee has a dense, untidy fur. The head is yellow with black hairs intermixed on the posterior part,[3] the thorax has a mixed black and yellow colouration, often (always with the queen) with a black, central field. The first two terga (abdominal segments) are yellow, on the females often with a black, central field on terga 1 to 2. Terga 3 and 4 are red, and the tail black, sometimes with yellow fields.-Wikipedia

Habitat:

Spotted on a cedar limb next to North lake.

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Brian38
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Brian38

Federal Way, Washington, USA

Spotted on Aug 7, 2017
Submitted on Aug 8, 2017

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