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Originally Posted by Fred1953  I was chasing a bee around our pear tree on Sunday trying to take a decent close-up photo(harder than it looks, especially when you're a bit frightened of them - yes, I know it's irrational  )
Anyway, here's one shot (slightly out of focus unfortunately) which shows what I guess is the bee's proboscis(?) but I've never see anything like it before - is this a "normal" bee or a stranger to these shores?) |
Looks like a
Bombus pascuorum but the tongue does seem to be split; some bees tongues are bifid (I don't know about bumblebees but I bet Eucera will) but not trifid ... or could there be a leg there and/or something else .....
There you are - all that trouble and end up with a mystery: part of life's rich tapestry ....