Apidae
Bombus melanopygus Nylander, 1848
Bombus melanopygus Nylander, 1848
Bombus melanopygus, the black-tailed bumblebee, is a North American bumblebee species with two accepted color forms.
Bombus sitkensis Nylander, 1848
Bombus sitkensis Nylander, 1848
Bombus sitkensis, the Sitka bumblebee, is a common North American western bumblebee with distinct color patterns by sex.
Bombus huntii Greene, 1860
Bombus huntii Greene, 1860
Bombus huntii, Hunt's bumblebee, is a common western North American bumblebee researched for commercial crop pollination.
Bombus perplexus Cresson, 1863
Bombus perplexus Cresson, 1863
Bombus perplexus, the confusing bumblebee, is a northern North American bumblebee species that can host Fernald's cuckoo bumblebee.
Bombus monticola Smith, 1849
Bombus monticola Smith, 1849
Bombus monticola, the bilberry bumblebee, is a small European montane bumblebee associated with moorland and Vaccinium host plants.
Bombus sandersoni Franklin, 1913
Bombus sandersoni Franklin, 1913
Bombus sandersoni, the Sanderson bumblebee, is a North American bumblebee that nests underground and feeds on multiple plants.
Bombus ephippiatus Say, 1837
Bombus ephippiatus Say, 1837
Bombus ephippiatus is a variable high-elevation bumblebee from Mexico and Central America, an efficient tomato pollinator.
Bombus mixtus Cresson, 1879
Bombus mixtus Cresson, 1879
Bombus mixtus is a North American bumblebee that lives in multiple open and northern habitats and feeds on a range of flowering plants.
Bombus centralis Cresson, 1864
Bombus centralis Cresson, 1864
Bombus centralis is a small North American bumblebee that nests in abandoned rodent burrows in prairies and river valleys.
Bombus caliginosus (Frison, 1927)
Bombus caliginosus (Frison, 1927)
Bombus caliginosus, the obscure bumblebee, is a bee similar to B. vosnesenskii with a distinct annual life cycle and plant visiting patterns.
Bombus ardens Smith, 1879
Bombus ardens Smith, 1879
Bombus ardens (fire-tailed bumblebee) is a bumblebee species found in Japan and Korea, described in 1879.
Bombus frigidus Smith, 1854
Bombus frigidus Smith, 1854
Bombus frigidus is a rare arctic bumblebee with distinct color patterns, found across northern North America, listed as Least Concern.
Bombus lapponicus (Fabricius, 1793)
Bombus lapponicus (Fabricius, 1793)
Bombus lapponicus is a common bumblebee native to northern Europe that lives in taiga and tundra.
Bombus sylvicola Kirby, 1837
Bombus sylvicola Kirby, 1837
Bombus sylvicola, the forest bumblebee, is a common North American bumblebee studied for climate change impacts on its morphology.
Bombus jonellus (Kirby, 1802)
Bombus jonellus (Kirby, 1802)
Bombus jonellus is a small variable bumblebee widespread across Eurasia and parts of North America, living in open habitats including heath and moorland.
Bombus vancouverensis Cresson, 1879
Bombus vancouverensis Cresson, 1879
Bombus vancouverensis is a small North American bumblebee with multiple color forms that practices buzz pollination.
Bombus bifarius Cresson, 1879
Bombus bifarius Cresson, 1879
Bombus bifarius is a small bumblebee with distinct color patterns found in mountainous western North America.
Bombus ruderarius (Müller, 1776)
Bombus ruderarius (Müller, 1776)
Bombus ruderarius is a small red-tailed bumblebee distributed across Europe and northwest Asia.
Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763)
Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763)
This is a detailed morphological description of the common carder bee, Bombus pascuorum, including caste-specific size measurements.
Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)
Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)
Bombus pensylvanicus is a widespread long-tongued North American bumblebee with distinct color pattern and declining populations.
Bombus sonorus Say, 1837
Bombus sonorus Say, 1837
Bombus sonorus, the golden-yellow bumblebee ranging from the US to southern Mexico, is a vulnerable species in subgenus Thoracobombus.
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.
Bombus steindachneri Handlirsch, 1888
Bombus steindachneri Handlirsch, 1888
Bombus steindachneri is an endangered bumblebee species endemic to Mexico that lives in multiple forest habitats.
Bombus medius Cresson, 1863
Bombus medius Cresson, 1863
Bombus medius is a small-colony bumblebee native to Mexico and Central America that nests underground in forest habitats.
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