Bombus pascuorum (Common carder bee)♀︎

Echium vulgare (Viper's bugloss)

Last update: 20 December 2020


Common

Location Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden
Observations
2020-VI-20


The Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) [1] is one of the bumblebee species that is a frequent visitor on Viper’s burgloss (Echium vulgare), a plant that does not attract many bees in the garden. Here a female forages for nectar.

Common carder bee ♀︎ (Bombus pascuorum) on Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare)

Literature

1 Nederlands Soortenregister

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