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Wilmatte's Bumble Bee

Bombus wilmattae

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) posh3, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Guatemala.January 5, February 6, March 2, April 22, May 9, June 5, July 2, August 16, September 5, October 5, November 8, December 3.
Guatemala88
Guatemala63
Sacatepéquez13
Mexico7
Chiapas7
Chimaltenango6
Sololá2
Alta Verapaz1
Baja Verapaz1
Escuintla1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHoney Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae
GenusBumble Bees · Bombus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Wilmatte's Bumble Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.