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Bumblebee

Bombus sp.

Photo by lisasz
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Field Notes

Notes:

Early morning, not very active in moving between flowers, possibly sick?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
notnoahbell
did you know that bumble bees proboscis are asome.
KristalWatrous
This is a bumble bee (Bombus sp.). Sometimes bumble bee workers will spend the night on a flower, so if you saw her early enough in the morning she was probably sluggish because she hadn't warmed up enough yet to be flying around and foraging.

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Great Pollinator Project of NYC
Photographed
PublishedJuly 3, 2011

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