Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Bumblebee
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 17-07-2007 20:26
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
A couple of weeks ago I found this strange, quite small bumblebee on the flowers on our terrace. It had a rather flat and pointed face and the thorax was brown with a distinct dark centre. Also it had a small brown tip to the abdomen. Two days later I found another four or five of the same bumblebees at the edge of a small wooded area along the river Linge with lots of flowers. They were foraging mainly on Echium vulgare. Does anyone know which species this could be? Thanks in advance! Jan Zwaaneveld attached the following image:  [123.31Kb] http://slamenietd...web-log.nl |
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 17-07-2007 20:27
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
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Jan Zwaaneveld attached the following image:  [143.66Kb] http://slamenietd...web-log.nl |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 18-07-2007 10:33
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
possible Bombus pascuorum var.moorselensis?
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 18-07-2007 19:57
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
Thanks cthirion. Is this a more or less regular colour variation then, with that black patch on the thorax? I never noticed it before.
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| cthirion |
Posted on 18-07-2007 21:56
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
Hello, it is only one suggestion, I will show it in Pierre Rasmont (Belgium) on his return of holidays! ? ?But I have the memory to have reclassified the same ones with these dark marks! ? ?Patience! ? cthirion |
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 19-07-2007 19:39
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
I am aware of the fact that it's only a suggestion, cthirion. I will be patient  Thanks for your help on this one!
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