Red-tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee
Male
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 18th August 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Fact File
Red-tailed Cuckoo Bumble Bee.
Red-tailed Cuckoo Bumble Bee.
Red-tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Bombus rupestris.
Hymenoptera.
Apidae.
Adult Food:

Length:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 		Favours dandelions, comfrey, oil-seed rape, thistles teasel, ragwort, brambles and scabious.
Female:22 mm. Male:16 mm.
Meadows and hedgerows.
Female: May - June. Males and new females: July onwards
This bumblebee parasitizes the nests of the red-tailed bumblebee, whose queen is killed or subjugated.