Drenched Bumblebee

Posted on September 6, 2022

We have all been looking forward to a good downpour and much needed water after a prolonged period of drought but this poor creature got caught in the thunderstorm last night and is clinging onto a stem of heather until it can dry out and fly away. I think it it either a Buff-tailed or White-tailed Bumblebee and full size – about 16mm.

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Bumblebee or Humblebee ?

Posted on June 26, 2021

  • Bumblebee on white flowers with green background
  • Bumblebee on white flowers with green background
  • Bumblebee on white flowers with green background

I think this is a Buff-tailed Humblebee (Bombus terrestris) but I could be wrong. The slightly larger White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) looks very similar. Perhaps you know the difference and can put me right? Anyway, there were several of them busy getting nectar and covering themselves with pollen in the Charlton Down Nature Reserve last evening.

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