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Yellow-faced bumble bee

Bombus vosnesenskii

Description:

Bumblebee with a mostly black dorsal area, one yellow stripe near the apex of the abdomen and another at the top of the thorax. Some yellow on the head as well.

Habitat:

Ceanothus, california lilac bush

Notes:

Originally I thought this was caliginosus, but the people at bumblebeewatch.org informed me that it was actually vosnesenskii.

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HayleyBoBailey
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HayleyBoBailey

Portland, Oregon, USA

Spotted on May 25, 2014
Submitted on May 27, 2014

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