Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
Insecta
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Up to 1 yr
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Colony
- Biome
- Temperate grassland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Venom
- Status
- Common
About
The Brown-belted Bumble Bee is named for the distinctive tawny-brown band across its second abdominal segment, sandwiched between yellow above and black below. One of North America's most abundant and generalist pollinators, it visits hundreds of flower species from gardens to open meadows.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
- 2.juvenileAn immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
- 3.subadultA near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
- 4.adultFully 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 griseocollis