#143
Common Carder Bee
Bombus pascuorum
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Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Insects
- Family
- Apidae
- Size
- 9–18 mm (length)
- Diet
- Nectar feeder
- Lifespan
- 0.1–1 yrs
- Habitat
- Meadows, Hedgerows, Gardens, Woodland edges
About
Bombus pascuorum, the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges. It is similar in appearance to Bombus muscorum, and is replacing that species in northern Britain.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.
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