Bombus medius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus
- Species
- Bombus medius
- Scientific Name
- Bombus medius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bombus medius
Bombus medius is a species of bumblebee. It is native to Mexico and Central America.
This species lives in lower montane rainforest and cloud forest. It lives in protected areas containing natural forest remnants in areas where habitat has been lost. It does not occur in surrounding regions where intensive agriculture has spread. Habitat has also been lost to logging, mining, pollution, and human settlement. Some nests have been found in overgrown areas once cleared for agricultural purposes.
This bee creates its nest underground, in very shallow holes. It may use abandoned rodent burrows, sometimes with debris inside. The colonies are small; a nest noted in the literature had 27 workers. The eggs and larvae rest in a bed of moist pollen. Once the young emerge from their cocoons, the old cocoon shells are enlarged with wax and used to store honey.
...Bombus medius in languages:
- English
- Middle-striped Bumble Bee
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Bombus anachoreta
- Bombus armeniacus
- Bombus atripes
- Bombus bellicosus
- Bombus brasiliensis
- Bombus brevivillus
- Bombus dahlbomii
- Bombus deuteronymus
- Bombus digressus
- Bombus diligens
- Bombus equestris
- Bombus excellens
- Bombus exil
- Bombus fervidus
- Bombus filchnerae
- Bombus hedini
- Bombus honshuensis
- Bombus humilis
- Bombus imitator
- Bombus impetuosus
- Bombus inexspectatus
- Bombus laesus
- Bombus medius
- Bombus mesomelas
- Bombus mexicanus
- Bombus mlokosievitzii
- Bombus morio
- Bombus mucidus
- Bombus muscorum
- Bombus opifex
- Bombus opulentus
- Bombus pascuorum
- Bombus pauloensis
- Bombus pensylvanicus
- Bombus pereziellus
- Bombus persicus
- Bombus pomorum
- Bombus pseudobaicalensis
- Bombus pullatus
- Bombus remotus
- Bombus rubriventris
- Bombus ruderarius
- Bombus schrencki
- Bombus sonorus
- Bombus steindachneri
- Bombus sylvarum
- Bombus transversalis
- Bombus tricornis
- Bombus trinominatus
- Bombus velox
- Bombus veteranus
- Bombus weisi
- Bombus zonatus






















































































































































