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15-06-2010, 04:22 PM
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I'm thinking that this Bombus lucorum. Am I right?     |
15-06-2010, 04:26 PM
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Afternoon Ben, Bombus hortorum, I'd have thought ( more yellow banding, extensive white tail...). What's that it's feeding on ( or in?!), some kind of Foxglove?
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15-06-2010, 04:37 PM
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It is feeding on Foxglove, Jason.
I'm trying to use the Field Guide to Bumblebees of GB, by Edwards & Jenner. And obviously not doing very well, if you're right, and I definitely accede to your expertise. |
15-06-2010, 04:54 PM
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Thanks. Well, Matt or Stuart will probably correct or agree - don't quite rename yet just in case! Up until recently I had hortorum down as a BAP-species so never really considered it before. I now realise I got it confused for some odd reason with the different-looking humilis. Or should that be, humiliate?  |
15-06-2010, 05:32 PM
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Looks like B. hortorum to me
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15-06-2010, 07:44 PM
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| | | Re: Bumblebee ID
All bumblebees are colour coded, which is nice. You can get bands of colour at the front of the thorax (the collar), the back of the thorax (scutellum) and the top of the abdomen, and then the tail. Bombus lucorum is coded Yellow - (black) - yellow - white, only 2 yellow bands compared to 3 here.
This one is (from the head end) Yellow - yellow - yellow - white, which makes it either B.hortorum or B.jonellus. The long face makes this B.hortorum, and from the relative length of the antennae I would suggest a male.
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15-06-2010, 08:11 PM
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Thanks Folks. B.hortorum it is.
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