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Semenov's Bumble Bee

Bombus semenoviellus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 65, February 48, March 76, April 119, May 172, June 187, July 201, August 172, September 127, October 94, November 52, December 40.
United States1,354
Alaska1,354
Russia274
Finland56
Moscow Oblast45
Tver Oblast37
Kirov Oblast34
Uusimaa30
Moscow21
Kostroma Oblast13

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