Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761) is a animal in the Apidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761) (Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761))
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Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Bombus sylvarum is a small, distinctively patterned bumblebee that flies rapidly, with queens producing a high-pitched buzz.

Family
Genus
Bombus
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Bombus sylvarum is a small bumblebee species. Queens measure 16โ€“18 mm (0.63โ€“0.71 in) in length, while female workers measure 10โ€“15 mm (0.39โ€“0.59 in). Its body is mostly pale yellowish in color, marked with a single black band across the thorax and two black bands across the abdomen, and the tip of the abdomen is orange. This bumblebee flies rapidly, and queens of this species produce a high-pitched buzz.

Photo: (c) Norbert Sauberer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Norbert Sauberer ยท cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia โ€บ Arthropoda โ€บ Insecta โ€บ Hymenoptera โ€บ Apidae โ€บ Bombus

More from Apidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy ยท Disclaimer

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