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Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

Description:

Bombus melanopygus, the black-tailed bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee native to western North America from British Columbia to California, and as far east as Idaho.

Habitat:

Pollinating an ornamental bush in a park.

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1 Comment

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

This pretty Bumble Bee looks a lot like Bombus ternarius, Tricolored Bumble Bee: http://bugguide.net/node/view/15062

I'm not 100% on this but it is worth I look I think.

Marc Ramsey
Spotted by
Marc Ramsey

Washington, USA

Spotted on May 19, 2014
Submitted on Jun 2, 2014

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