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Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus insularis

The Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee is a special bee that doesn't make its own honey. Instead, it lays its eggs in the nests of other bumblebees, which is a bit sneaky but helps it survive!

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee is typically dark-bodied, often with yellow hairs on its thorax and sometimes on its abdomen, which can also show reddish-brown at the tip. It lacks the shiny, smooth pollen baskets (corbiculae) found on other female bumblebees, and its fur is generally less dense.

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Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee
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Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

The cuckoo queen often fights and replaces the original queen of a host nest.

Their babies grow up in a 'borrowed' home, raised by another bumblebee species.

This bee never collects pollen for its young; host bees do all the hard work!

Unlike other female bumblebees, they don't create wax pots to store food.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Nest Usurper

Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee can take over other bumblebee nests because it is a social parasite, laying its eggs for host workers to raise.

Fähigkeit

Pollen-Free Forager

Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee has no pollen baskets on its legs that helps them avoid the chore of collecting food for others.

Fähigkeit

Scent Mimicry

Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee can mimic the scent of its host colony because of special chemical signals, helping it avoid detection.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-32 mm
Größe
13-21 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-365 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
25 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adult cuckoo bumble bees sip nectar from flowers for energy.

Hauptnahrung

  • thistle nectar
  • aster nectar
  • clover nectar
  • goldenrod nectar

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

parasitizes

Mixed Bumble Bee

Bombus mixtus

often takes over their nests

parasitizes

Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

lays eggs in their colonies

eats

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

drinks nectar for energy

eats

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

sips nectar from flowers

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Be gentle and calm around bees, and never try to touch or catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

20-32 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

13-21 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

30-365 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

25 km/h

Was frisst Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

Adult cuckoo bumble bees sip nectar from flowers for energy.

Wo findet man Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

6

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