OTHER NAMES: Common Carder Bumblebee
Latin Etymology: Bombus ("buzz") pascuorum ("of the pasture")
Featured Subspecies: Bombus pascuorum flavidus
Length: 13mm (worker) 15-18mm (queen)
UK STATUS NOT EVALUATED / IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated
The common carder bee is a widespread species of bumblebee found in Europe. They feed on a wide selection of plants including clovers, thistles, nettles, fruit trees and various others. They live colonially in nests which rise up to 60-150 bees, which die back after each year, leaving only the newly hatched females to survive to the next year.
Related Species:
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
SUBSPECIES: B. p. flavidus, B. p. floralis, B. p. septentrionalis, B. p. vulgo
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A common resident seen in Summer.
- Seen at Geddington
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