Bombus Barbutellus (Barbut's Cuckoo Bee)
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Observation - Bombus Barbutellus (Barbut's Cuckoo Bee) - UK and Ireland. Description: Bombus Barbutellus (Barbut's Cuckoo Bee) Picture Taken 03/08/2020 Males resemble small slim females
Bombus Barbutellus (Barbut's Cuckoo Bee)
Picture Taken 03/08/2020
Males resemble small slim females but often have the scutellum and tergite 1 entirely yellow-haired to produce a full midriff band
Distinguished from them by having a much shorter face, only around as long as it is wide.
Yellow-black-yellow thorax and the first abdominal segment is yellow with a black band between that and the grey-white tail.
https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/white-tailed-bumblebees/barbuts-cuckoo-bumblebee/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/albums/72157631409268642/
Picture Taken 03/08/2020
Males resemble small slim females but often have the scutellum and tergite 1 entirely yellow-haired to produce a full midriff band
Distinguished from them by having a much shorter face, only around as long as it is wide.
Yellow-black-yellow thorax and the first abdominal segment is yellow with a black band between that and the grey-white tail.
https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/white-tailed-bumblebees/barbuts-cuckoo-bumblebee/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/albums/72157631409268642/