Bombus pascuorum (Common carder bee)♂︎

Pontederia cordata (Pickerel weed)

Last update: 30 November 2019


Common

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2019-VIII-25


Two Common carder bee (Bombus pescuorum) males foraging on Pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata) [1].

Common carder bee ♂︎ (Bombus pascuorum) on Pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata)

I really like this male’s color scheme, it looked very stricking and chic flying from flower to flower.

Common carder bee ♂︎ (Bombus pascuorum) on Pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata)
Common carder bee ♂︎ (Bombus pascuorum) on Pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata)
Common carder bee ♂︎ (Bombus pascuorum) on Pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata)

Literature

1 Nederlands Soortenregister

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