Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Description
- Title:
- Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
- Caption / Description:
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A common carder bumble bee feeds on a red clover (Trifolium pratense) flower in early June.
The common carder bumble bee (Bombus pascuorum) is a brown coloured bee, but lacking the white/yellow markings on its rear end seen in some other bumble bee species. B. pascuorum is a ground nesting bee, often nesting in old mouse runs or tangles of vegetation.
The common carder bumble bee gets its common name from the way they comb material together (carding) when capping the cells containing the larvae before they pupate.
The bee has a relatively long tongue, and can often be seen feeding from flowers with a long flower tube, such as clover and white dead-nettle.
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Arthropoda
- Arthropods
- Insecta
- Insects
- Plantae
- Plants
- Magnoliophyta
- Flowering Plants
- Angiosperms
- Magnoliopsida
- Dicotyledons
- Hymenoptera
- Bees
- Ants
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
- Bean
- Apidae
- Bombus
- Bombus pascuorum
- Bumblebees
- Common carder bumblebee
- Purple clover
- Trifolium
- Clover
- Trefoil
- Trifolium pratense
- Red Clover
Admin
- Date Original Photo Taken:
- Original File Name:
- _MG_0486.CR2
- Event:
- Rating:
- Date this image added/last updated on website:
- Original File Dimensions:
- 4272px x 2848px
- File Type:
- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- RGB
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Adobe RGB (1998)
Location
- Location Created:
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- Sublocation:
- City:
- Market Harborough
- Province/State:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- World Region:
- Europe
- Geo-location:
- 52.474873932081, -0.94907338338889 View on map
Rights
- Copyright Status:
- Copyrighted
- Licensing Status:
- Rights Managed
- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2010 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
- Date Digital Resource was created:
- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄200 s
- Aperture:
- f/8
- Camera Model:
- Canon EOS 450D
- ISO:
- 100
- Exposure Compensation:
- 0
- Focal Length:
- 100mm
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- Metering Mode:
- Multi-segment
- Flash:
- On, Fired
- Exposure Mode:
- Manual
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
- Exposure Program:
- Manual
Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Canon EF 100mm F2.8 Macro USM
- Filters used:
- Additional Optics used:
- Setup:
- Handheld
Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Flash with 'light tent' diffuser
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Adobe Camera RAW
- Post Processing: