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12-15mm long
Chalky grassland
Spotted on Sep 15, 2011
Submitted on Sep 16, 2011
2 Comments
Thanks I'll have a look.
Definitely a bumblebee (Bombus sp.). Could be B. pascuorum (most common), or either B. muscorum or B. humilis (more rare). I'm not familiar with UK bees, so I'm not confident in IDing this one to species. Here are a couple of links to check out that should help:
http://www.bumblebee.org/pasc.htm
http://www.bumblebee.org/uncommonSp.htm#...