Common Carder-Bee

Shrill Carder-Bee - declining very rapidly in UK - needs unimproved grassland - spotted on Devil's-bit Scabious. The 1st I've seen.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Nice! This makes for the 30th flying panda on the platform:
https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/hymenoptera/apidae/bombus

And you're 2 away from photographing 500 species yourself. Which is only the beginning, obviously. Posted 4 years ago
1. NattyOne
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks & wow, wasn't counting. Cheers, Posted 4 years ago
2. NattyOne
  
  Lion
  
  Hi Ferdy,
  
  Unfortunately my expert has said it's a common carder bee - can't see it myself but he's the expert. Posted 4 years ago
3. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Good of you to check and to correct, that's the spirit. Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. NattyOne
      
      Lion
      
      Cheers
      Posted 4 years ago

The Common Carder Bee

"Bombus pascuorum", the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants

Species identified by NattyOne

By NattyOne

Uploaded Sep 23, 2020. Captured Sep 21, 2020 15:11.

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