Bombus citrinus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus
- Species
- Bombus citrinus
- Scientific Name
- Bombus citrinus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bombus citrinus
Bombus citrinus is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the lemon cuckoo bumblebee due to its lemon-yellow color. It is native to eastern North America.
This is a cuckoo bumblebee, one that invades the colonies of other bumblebees, kills the resident queen, and takes control over the population of workers inside. Host bees for this species include the common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) and the half-black bumblebee (B. vagans).
Before the queen invades a nest she forages on various plants, such as asters, thistles, snakeroots, blazing-stars, mountain-mints, and goldenrods.
...Bombus citrinus in languages:
- English
- Lemon Cuckoo Bumblebee
- English
- Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Bombus ashtoni
- Bombus barbutellus
- Bombus bohemicus
- Bombus branickii
- Bombus campestris
- Bombus chinensis
- Bombus citrinus
- Bombus coreanus
- Bombus cornutus
- Bombus ferganicus
- Bombus flavidus
- Bombus insularis
- Bombus maxillosus
- Bombus norvegicus
- Bombus novus
- Bombus quadricolor
- Bombus rupestris
- Bombus skorikovi
- Bombus suckleyi
- Bombus sylvestris
- Bombus tibetanus
- Bombus turneri
- Bombus variabilis
- Bombus vestalis
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