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Sand-coloured Carder Bumble Bee
Bombus veteranus
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common Carder Bumble BeeBombus pascuorum
Shrill Carder-Bumble beeBombus sylvarum
Brown-banded Carder-Bumble beeBombus humilis
Bombus deuteronymus
Great Yellow Bumble BeeBombus distinguendus
Field Cuckoo Bumble beeBombus campestris
White-tailed Bumble BeeBombus lucorum
Short-haired Bumble BeeBombus subterraneus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 6,309 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 6,309 |
| Russia | 358 |
| Finland | 93 |
| Novosibirsk Oblast | 67 |
| Arkhangelsk Oblast | 44 |
| Uusimaa | 28 |
| Altai Krai | 27 |
| Tomsk Oblast | 25 |
| Tver Oblast | 23 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae |
| Genus | Bumble Bees · Bombus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Sand-coloured Carder Bumble Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.