Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

The black-tailed bumblebee, "Bombus melanopygus", is a species of bumblebee native to western North America from British Columbia to California, and as far east as Idaho.
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Appearance

In the southern part of its range, the second and third segments of the abdomen are black instead of the red color seen in the northern populations, and this black color form was formerly known as "Bombus edwardsii".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyApidae
GenusBombus
SpeciesB. melanopygus