Bombus

[thedude]

i just got home from a collecting trip from northern PA. Sullivan county to be exact. and i have a few bumble bees that i need ID'd. can anyone hook me up with a key to ID north eastern bombus or even help me ID them via pictures.

 

[Vulgaris]

I have a bunch of experience with Bumble bees from central PA and could probably steer you in the right direction if you posted the pics
I Have done a couple of nest relocations in the past, as well as attempted to rear some nests. Also have been working with Bugguide on identification of the bees I photograph

Bugguide has a pretty good overview of the genus (scroll down)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3077

 

[bhoeschcod]

Listen to vulgaris he deffinatly knows his stuff!

 

[thedude]

ok so i finally got some pics of these lil buggers. sorry for hte poor quality. hopefully you can tell what they are.

these were all collected in the same area.

 

[thedude]

anyone? bump

 

[Vulgaris]

Will do the best I can with these photos

#1- to the right looks like one of the small species of carpenter bee rather than a Bombus. to the left could be vagans or sandersoni or perplexus

#2- is impatiens for sure (no yellow past T1)

#3- looks like it might be ternarius

#4- really hard to tell. my guess would be vagans or sandersoni or perplexus again

#5- uncertain with that one...

#6- perplexus male

 

[thedude]

Will do the best I can with these photos

#1- to the right looks like one of the small species of carpenter bee rather than a Bombus. to the left could be vagans or sandersoni or perplexus

#2- is impatiens for sure (no yellow past T1)

#3- looks like it might be ternarius

#4- really hard to tell. my guess would be vagans or sandersoni or perplexus again

#5- uncertain with that one...

#6- perplexus male

sweet! thanks so much. now that i have an idea on the others that could be multiple species i'll (hopefully)be able to find out what they are