Mary C Legg, Mary C Legg, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5586370
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Descriptor:
Adult(s)
Description:
Shetland Bumblebee, Bombus muscorum, Large Carder Bee on a dandelion. Bee is monandrous and territorial, building nests underground. Inhabits moorlands, machair, calcareous grasslands.Bee foraging distance is no farther than 500m from nest. Nest often buit with moss which gains them the name Moss Carder
Image type:
Field
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Image location:
Czechia, Srbsko
Subject
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Hexapoda |
| Class: Insecta |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: Apocrita |
| Superfamily: Apoidea |
| Family: Apidae |
| Subfamily: Apinae |
| Tribe: Bombini |
| Genus: Bombus |
| Subject: Bombus muscorum (Linnaeus,1758) |
Host
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: Asteridae |
| Order: Asterales |
| Family: Asteraceae |
| Genus: Taraxacum |
| Subject: dandelion |
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Image taken:
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Image uploaded:
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Image last updated:
Monday, July 15, 2019
