Shrill Carder Bee
Bombus sylvarum
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
Bombus sylvarum est une espèce d'insectes hyménoptères de la famille des apidés, du genre Bombus et du sous-genre Thoracobombus.
Bombus sylvarum, the shrill carder bee or knapweed carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee with a wide distribution across Europe, east to the Ural Mountains, and north to Great Britain, Ireland, and southern Scandinavia. It is called the "shrill carder" because the pitch of its buzzing is more shrill than other bees and it is a carder bee – making its nest by carding material into a fabric. Description It is a small bumblebee; queens are 16–18 mm (0.
Thoracobombus es un subgénero de abejorros Bombus. Distribución y hábitat Habita en toda la costa mediterránea, toda Europa, en toda Asia exceptuando la India, Pakistán y Afganistán y en toda América exceptuando el norte de Canadá y Alaska. Habita en pastizales abiertos, praderas de montaña, hábitats semidesérticos y bosques tropicales montañosos y de tierras bajas, con menor frecuencia en bosques templados.
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