Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

The Black-tailed Bumble Bee is a fuzzy, friendly insect that helps flowers grow by spreading pollen. They are often seen buzzing around gardens and parks, making them a delightful sight!

Hábitat: Urban areas

Aspecto

The Black-tailed Bumble Bee is a medium-sized bee with a fuzzy, rounded body. It typically has two yellow bands on its thorax and a yellow band on its first abdominal segment. The rest of its abdomen is primarily black, often with reddish-orange hairs at the very tip, giving it its 'black-tailed' appearance.

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Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

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They use their sticky feet to climb and hold onto flowers!

Habilidades especiales

Black-tailed Bumble Bee can vibrate its powerful flight muscles to shake pollen loose from flowers, helping them spread seeds.

Black-tailed Bumble Bee can shiver its muscles to warm up its body, letting it fly in colder temperatures than many other insects.

Black-tailed Bumble Bee can remember the best flower patches and quickly find its way back to its nest using landmarks.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 20-38 mm
Tamaño: 10-19 mm
Esperanza de vida: 14-365 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 18 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6
Tamaño de la colonia: 50-200

Dieta y alimentación

These busy bees sip sweet nectar for energy and gather pollen for their babies.

Alimentos principales

Nectar
Pollen
Lupine flowers
Clover flowers
Aster flowers

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Arctic Lupine

Lupinus arcticus

Collects nectar and pollen, aiding plant reproduction.

eats

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Ambush predator camouflaged in flowers, preying on bees.

parasitizes

Thick-headed Fly

Physocephala rufipes

Lays eggs on bees; larvae develop inside the bumble bee.

Rasgos

Peludo

Peludo describe a los animales que poseen una cubierta densa de pelo o pelaje suave.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Herbívoro

Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

Diurno

Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.

Especie clave

Describe una especie cuya presencia y papel tienen un efecto desproporcionadamente grande en su entorno.

Adaptado a la ciudad

Esta característica de hábitat indica especies que pueden coexistir con los humanos en entornos urbanos y suburbanos, utilizando estructuras artificiales y espacios verdes.