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Lemon Cuckoo Bumblebee Animal Pictures

Bombus citrinus

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Lemon cuckoo bumblebee on a zinnia that appears to be airbrushed. The flower is yellow on the ends of its petals followed by orange and then pink toward the center. The stamen are yellow. The bee is perched on the center of the flower with its head facing the bottom of the frame. It’s wings are facing the top of the frame and are brown. Most of what you can see of the bee is black however it is obvious that there is yellow on its thorax.
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macro isolate of a lemon cuckoo bumblebee. The bee is most black with a lemon yellow , hairy thorax (mid section,
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Macro of a lemon cuckoo bumblebee on a cluster of small five peddled star shaped white flowers with white stamen. The bees back is to the camera. The bee is almost horizontal in the frame although it’s right facing head is pointed toward the upper right frame and its tail is pointed toward the lower left frame. The B is primarily black but appears to be wearing a hairy yellow cloak, thanks to its hairy yellow thorax. The bee is called a lemon cuckoo because of the color of its thorax. However in this photo the bee appears to be a very very faint pale lemon yellow and not the bright yellow typically associated with lemons. The flower cluster takes up the frame.
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macro of lemon cuckoo bumblebee against black isolate.
© USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — License (Original)