Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee

Bombus bifarius

The Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee is a fuzzy, black bee with a special yellow stripe. They are important pollinators, helping flowers grow by moving pollen from one plant to another.

Hábitat: Mountain regions

Aspecto

The Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee is a medium-sized bee, primarily black with bright yellow bands on its thorax and abdomen. It often has a distinctive black band or 'notch' dividing the yellow on its second abdominal segment, making it visually unique.

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Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

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Habilidades especiales

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee can shiver its flight muscles, creating heat to warm up and fly in cooler temperatures.

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee has a long tongue that helps them reach nectar deep inside tubular flowers.

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee has specialized 'pollen baskets' on its hind legs that help them carry large pollen loads.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 15-34 mm
Tamaño: 8-17 mm
Esperanza de vida: 14-365 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 15 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6
Tamaño de la colonia: 200

Dieta y alimentación

These fuzzy bees sip nectar for energy and collect pollen to feed their growing young.

Alimentos principales

Nectar
Pollen
Asteraceae flowers
Fabaceae flowers
Lamiaceae flowers

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Purple Geranium

Geranium caespitosum

Transfers pollen while collecting nectar.

eaten by

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Ambush predator that preys on foraging bees.

eaten by

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

Insectivorous bird catching bees in flight.

Rasgos

Peludo

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

A rayas

Marcado con bandas paralelas o líneas de color.

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.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Herbívoro

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

Montaña

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica a las especies que se encuentran en regiones montañosas, caracterizadas por su gran altitud, pendientes pronunciadas y zonas climáticas variables.