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Bombus - Field Guide
Bombus biology
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Sexing Bombus
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The Bombus known from Evergreen |
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| californicus |  |
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| Pile of scutum in front of tegulae yellow; thoracic pleura black. | Face with black pile. | Gastral tergum four yellow. | |
| flavifrons |  |
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| Pile of scutum and scutellum yellow and black mixed; pleura yellow. | Pile of face yellow with black. | Gastral terga 1 and 2 yellow, at least laterally; terga 3 black, sometimes yellow basally; terga 4, 5, 6 mostly black. | |
| melanopygus |  |
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| Scutum mixture of yellow and black pile infront of tegulae; scutellum yellow; pleura yellow and black mixed. | Face with mixed yellow and black pile. | Gastral terga 1 yellow laterally, 2 and 3 orange, and 4 through 6 with black pile. | |
| mixtus |  |
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| Pile of scutum yellow with black; scutellum yellow mixed with black; pleura yellow. | Pile of Face yellow mixed with black. | Gastral terga 1 and 2 yellow, at least laterally; terga 3 black; terga 4 orange medially, black laterally; terga 5 and 6 brownish white. | |
| occidentalis |  |
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| Scutum in front of tegulae yellow; thoracic pleura black. | Pile of face mixture of yellow and black. | Gastral terga 5 and 6 white. | |
| sitkensis |  |
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| Pile of scutum and scutellum yellow mixed with black; pleura yellow. | Pile of face yellow with black. | Gastral terga 1 and 2 yellow, at least laterally; terga 3 black; terga 4 yellow basally; terga 5 and 6 yellow. | |
| vosnesenskii |  |
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| pile of scutum in front of tegulae yellow. Thoracic pleura black. | Face with yellow pile. | Gastral tergum four yellow. | |
Bombus probably occurring at EvergreenIllustrations from Heinrich (1979). |
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| appositus |  |
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| bifarius |  |
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| caliginosus |  |
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| nevadensis |  |
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| rufocinctus |  |
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Last updated Monday, July 24, 2006, by Lisa Ferrier
