#bombus lucorum

[samarajethwa]

Just some silly little bee doodles 🐝✨

[andrenaflavipes]

White tailed bumblebee - part of the B. terrestris group so workers are usually not distinguishable in the field, and queens only sometimes, but males are, at least up to the Bombus lucorum complex.

The Lucorum complex includes B. lucorum, B. magnus and B. cryptarum, there are some minor differences between queens, but workers and males are each only distinguishable using further testing (like the composition of male pheromones, or mitochondrial DNA testing). Really entry level bees as you can see 🤪

Tagging and keeping ID as B. lucorum because that's most probable in this case !

(Bombus lucorum, male imago)

4.vii.2020

[colorsoutofearth]

White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) nectaring on Sedum (Crassulaceae) - Alan Williams

[ifelten]

Lys jordhumle (Bombus lucorum)

White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)

[unkn0wnvariable]

Queen Bumblebee by Oliver Andrews Via Flickr: A large queen white-tailed bumblebee, feeding on a dandelion flower in the meadow between Short Wood and Southwick Wood.

[biosemiotica]

Spring 2021

White-tailed bumblebee and Sedum yellow flowers

[onegraycat]

This has nothing to do with what I usually post, but it’s my favorite picture of a bug I’ve ever taken and I feel like sharing something today. Fun fact: The white-tailed bumblebee’s scientific name is “bombus lucorum”

https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/white-tailed-bumblebees/white-tailed-bumblebee/

[amaranthos-winter]

White-tailed bumblebee on Buddleja flower