Kebnat
INSECTS

Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus citrinus

Insects
Native
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, photo 1 of 5
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, Male
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, Female

Hymenopteran in the family Apidae. Feeds on nectar.

There are 97 observations of Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Montréal and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 9 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie49
  2. Montréal25
  3. Outaouais11
  4. Estrie4
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  6. Laurentides2
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  8. Centre-du-Québec1
  9. Capitale-Nationale1

Similar species

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiens
Two-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatus
Red-belted Bumble BeeBombus rufocinctus
Brown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollis
Half-black Bumble BeeBombus vagans
Golden Northern Bumble BeeBombus fervidus
Rusty-patched Bumble BeeBombus affinis
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble beeBombus flavidus
Perplexing Bumble BeeBombus perplexus
American Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicus
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus insularis
Tricolored Bumble BeeBombus ternarius