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Index of Subjects >I caught this Bumblebee going through its grooming contortions once >the sun warmed the S wall of the house this morning. It was almost >standing on its head at one point (details in captions): > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9933402866/ >http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9933428044/ >http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9933429534/ > >ID? And info info about it would be appreciated. > >Thanks, Nancy Looking at http://www.bumblebee.org/NorthAmerica.htm (I've found this pictorial representation of NA Bombus species very useful), it looks like a form of B. rufocinctus (which appears to be quite variable and has forms that lack the rufous abdominal bands). Phil -- Phil Schappert, PhD 27 Clovis Ave. Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3 902-460-8343 (cell) philschappert.com imaginaturestudio.ca philschappert.ca "Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..." (Michael Hedges)
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