Stats

Lifespan: A few weeks - 1 yr
Size: Medium
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Colony
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: North America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Venom
Status: Common

About

A widespread eastern North American bumblebee with a fuzzy yellow thorax and a mostly black abdomen. Foraging workers wedge damp pollen into bristle-rimmed 'baskets' on their hind legs to ferry it home.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2.
juvenile
An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3.
subadult
A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4.
adult
Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Species: Bombus impatiens