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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
28 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
Red-belted Bumble BeeBombus rufocinctus
Hunt's Bumble BeeBombus huntii
Black-tailed Bumble BeeBombus melanopygus
Northern Amber Bumble BeeBombus borealis
Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiens
Vancouver Bumble BeeBombus vancouverensis
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Rusty-patched Bumble BeeBombus affinis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 45,066 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 20,434 |
| Alaska | 7,577 |
| Nunavut | 6,947 |
| Ontario | 5,666 |
| Nova Scotia | 5,279 |
| Vermont | 4,420 |
| Quebec | 2,737 |
| Maine | 2,719 |
| Minnesota | 2,475 |
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 Tricolored Bumble Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.