Fernald's Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus fernaldae (Franklin 1911)

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Bombus fernaldae (Fernald's Cuckoo Bumble Bee) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family Apidae. They visit flowers of Pink lady's slipper, Rawhide HIll onion, Elmendorf's onion, and Hickman's onion. Individuals can grow to 15.5 mm.

EOL has data for 7 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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15.5 mm
developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Cirsium hookerianum Nutt. (white thistle)
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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refracting superposition eyes
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/refracting_superposition_eyes
- Definition: superposition compound eyes where each ommatidium is equipped with a lens cylinder arrangement, producing the equivalent of a pair of lenses, with the first lens producing a small image halfway down the structure and the second lens turning the image back into a parallel beam. In the process the ray direction is reversed. Thus, the emerging beam is on the same side of the axis as the entering beam—the condition for obtaining a superposition image from the whole array.
- Attribution: https://www.britannica.com/science/photoreception/Superposition-eyes#ref278829
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wing morphology
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WingMorphology
- Definition: Qualities pertaining to the size, shape or structure of the wing.
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has wings
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hasWings
- Definition: Wings are present.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Fernald's Cuckoo Bumble Bee. View this species on GBIF

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