Common Carder Bumblebee
Taken at Ardmore Point on 27th August 2023 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 23rd April 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 6th August 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens.
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Taken at Baron's Haugh on 26th May 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens.
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Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 9th June 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Lindisfarne on 11th May 2018 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Barns Ness on 14th June 2018 taken using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Common Carder Bumblebee.
Species :
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Family:
Local names:
Bombus pascuorum.
Hymenoptera.
Apidae.
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Queen:
Worker:
Male:
Above or under ground, preferably in old mouse nests, but also in bird nests, barns, and sheds.
A variety of wild flowers, including nettles,Himalayan balsam,cabbage thistle, knapweed, vetches, red and white clover and fruit trees.
The thorax of the common carder bee is either yellowish or reddish-brown in color. The hair of the first four abdominal segments are gray in color, while the hair of the fifth and sixth terga are yellowish or reddish-brown.
15 - 18 mm long. Wingspan: 28 - 32 mm.
  9 - 15 mm long. Wingspan: 24 - 27 mm.
12 - 14 mm long. Wingspan: 24 - 27 mm.