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Yellow-faced Bumblebee

Bombus vosnesenskii

Description:

Bumblebees are social insects that are characterised by black and yellow body hairs, often in bands.

Habitat:

Pine forest.

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6 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Gracias Juan.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

Muy bueno, nunca he visto uno de esta especie en vivo

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank youAli Hemati Pour

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 10 years ago

Very Nice...

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Forest Dragon for the ID and the link.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Either Bombus vosnesenskii, Yellow-faced Bumblebee:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/19538

or Bombus caliginosus. I am not sure of the differences so I am leaving it at that. I think there might be habitat and range differences.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/347459 (scroll down for descriptions of range and physical differences).
Hope this helps!

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 3, 2012
Submitted on May 16, 2013

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