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INSECTS

Yellow-banded Bumble Bee

Bombus terricola

Insects
Native
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee, photo 1 of 5
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee, Male
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee, Female
13–17 mmLength

Imperiled in Québec. Hymenopteran in the family Apidae 13–17 mm long. Lives in fields.

There are 676 observations of Yellow-banded Bumble Bee in Québec, mostly in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in July and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent111
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue57
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine56
  4. Capitale-Nationale51
  5. Outaouais50
  6. Estrie49
  7. Côte-Nord48
  8. Nord-du-Québec44
  9. Montréal39
  10. Laurentides34
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean33
  12. Montérégie30
  13. Chaudière-Appalaches25
  14. Mauricie18
  15. Centre-du-Québec16
  16. Lanaudière14
  17. Laval1

Habitat

FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin

Similar species

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiens
American Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicus
Northern Amber Bumble BeeBombus borealis
Tricolored Bumble BeeBombus ternarius
Brown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollis
Red-belted Bumble BeeBombus rufocinctus
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble beeBombus flavidus
Perplexing Bumble BeeBombus perplexus
Two-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatus
Half-black Bumble BeeBombus vagans
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus citrinus
frigid bumble beeBombus frigidus