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INSECTS

Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee

Bombus flavidus

Insects
Native
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee, photo 1 of 5
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee, Male
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee, Female

Hymenopteran in the family Apidae. Feeds on nectar.

There are 98 observations of Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec18
  2. Côte-Nord15
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean14
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue13
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent12
  6. Estrie10
  7. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine6
  8. Capitale-Nationale5
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  10. Montérégie1
  11. Outaouais1

Similar species

Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus insularis
Red-belted Bumble BeeBombus rufocinctus
Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiens
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus citrinus
Fuzzy-Horned Bumble BeeBombus mixtus
Half-black Bumble BeeBombus vagans
Two-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatus
Perplexing Bumble BeeBombus perplexus
Black-tailed Bumble BeeBombus melanopygus
Yellow-banded Bumble BeeBombus terricola
Golden Northern Bumble BeeBombus fervidus
Sanderson's Bumble BeeBombus sandersoni