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Hanging in the Air This Bumble Bee resembles a helicopter! Note the yellow pollen pouch on is side. Its gathering lots of good stuff as we slip into summer. Photo taken in Windsor, VT. (USA) Bittersweet Nightshade,Bombus pensylvanicus,Solanum dulcamara Click/tap to enlarge

Hanging in the Air

This Bumble Bee resembles a helicopter! Note the yellow pollen pouch on is side. Its gathering lots of good stuff as we slip into summer. Photo taken in Windsor, VT. (USA)

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
    Lion
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    This is not Bombus pensylvanicus, it's abdomen is mostly white. There are 45 other species of American bumblebees with different patterns of stripes.
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/832045
    http://www.bumblebee.org/NorthAmerica.htm     Posted 10 years ago
  2. View denelson42's profile
    denelson42
    Eagle Owl
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    I guess we will never know! Anyway, I liked the photo. Posted 10 years ago

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The Bittersweet nightshade

"Solanum dulcamara" is a species of vine in the potato genus "Solanum", family Solanaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, and widely naturalised elsewhere, including North America, where it is an invasive problem weed.

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Similar species: Solanales
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded Jun 10, 2015. Captured Jun 9, 2015 15:05.
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  • Canon EOS 20D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 135mm