Guide to Bumble Bees of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana

Identifying bumble bees can be tricky, but once you know what to look for, the species within this region can be recognized fairly easily (as long as the photo shows the key characters).

--> Hopefully, this guide will be helpful: Guide to Bumble Bees of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Kansas (and probably Missouri)

@neylon has put together a more detailed guide for distinguishing Bombus impatiens, bimaculatus, & griseocollis

For some species, males can look quite different than females. In fact, at one point in the past, B. pensylvanicus males were classified as a different genus! Males and females of B. sonorus and pensylvanicus can be compared here (assuming they're annotated correctly):

B. sonorus males: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=57690&term_id=9&term_value_id=11
B. pensylvanicus males: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=56887&term_id=9&term_value_id=11
Both sexes mating (a rare sight!)

הועלה ב-יוני 9, 2018 12:56 אחה"צ על ידי

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Another great guide — tagging these folks that they’re aware of it too:
@cgritz @itmndeborah @kimberlietx @brentano @briangooding @aguilita @gcwarbler @tfandre @tadamcochran

And again, lots of these folks are excited to meet you in person in either Acton or Palo Pinto! ;)

פורסם על-ידי sambiology לפני כמעט 6 שנים

Superb guide. Now to go out and find some of these!

פורסם על-ידי gcwarbler לפני כמעט 6 שנים

Looks great!

פורסם על-ידי cgritz לפני כמעט 6 שנים

Excellent guide, thanks!

פורסם על-ידי aguilita לפני כמעט 6 שנים

Thanks, just what I've been looking for.

פורסם על-ידי lfelliott לפני כמעט 6 שנים

This is amazing. Huge amount of work but beautifully done. Hope it inspires others to do the same.

פורסם על-ידי colinpurrington לפני יותר מ 5 שנים

Very cool, thank you!

פורסם על-ידי muir לפני יותר מ 4 שנים

Thank you for this!!

פורסם על-ידי kaphn8d לפני יותר מ 4 שנים

I am starting to learn the bees. Thanks for creating this reference!

פורסם על-ידי priscillacrawford לפני כמעט 4 שנים

Thanks so much for sharing this!!!!

פורסם על-ידי aesbiologist לפני כמעט 4 שנים

Fantastic! Great work and I appreciate the share. :D

פורסם על-ידי dirtnkids לפני כמעט 4 שנים

It does cover most all of the ones you would likely see in MO, from what experience I have so far with the literature here. Occasionally there are couple more Eastern/Northeastern species that can wander in.

פורסם על-ידי jfaupel לפני כמעט 4 שנים