Bombus lapidarius (Red tailed bumblebee)♀︎

Echium vulgare (Viper's bugloss)

Last update: 12 December 2020
garden
species


Common

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2020-VI-20

Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare) is a plant that is mainly popular with the bumblebees in the garden, which includes the Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius). Here a female forages for nectar.

Red tailed bumblebee ♀︎ (Bombus lapidarius) on Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Red tailed bumblebee ♀︎ (Bombus lapidarius) on Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare)

References

1 Nederlands Soortenregister

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