Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
Summary 4
Bombus ternarius, commonly known as the orange-belted bumblebee or tricoloured bumblebee, is a yellow, orange and black bumblebee. It is a ground-nesting social insect whose colony cycle lasts only one season, common throughout the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. The orange-belted bumblebee forages on Rubus, goldenrods, Vaccinium, and milkweeds found throughout the colony's range. Like many other members of the genus, Bombus ternarius
Food Plants 5
Asclepias (Milkweeds), Rubus, Solidago (Goldenrods), Rhododendron, Vaccinium
Nest 5
underground
Similar Species 5
Can be confused with the red color morph of B. rufocinctus
Sources 5
http://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/12-052_01_Eastern_Bumble_Bee.pdf
Sources and Credits
- (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Denis Doucet
- no rights reserved, http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtebird/8475116894/
- (c) U.S. Department of Agriculture, all rights reserved, uploaded by U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/12-052_01_Eastern_Bumble_Bee.pdf
- Adapted by mgillet from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_ternarius
- (c) mgillet, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
