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Large earth bumblebee
Bombus terrestris audax (Harris, 1790) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Status
Exotic (established in Australia) Pest Species

Dorsal view - queen

Caption: Australia - Tasmania collected by Ms Hanna Simpkin

Source: Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker Museum Victoria

Audio link for sounds of buzz pollination (high pitch) compared to flying (low pitch)

Body lengths, queen 20-22mm, worker 11-17mm, male 14-16mm. The queen has dirty orange coloured hairs at the end of the abdomen; workers have a white coloured hairs at the end of their abdomen.

B. terrestris queens and workers have the first segment of the abdomen after the waist black, the second segment is yellow in the middle, the hind basitarsus has a strongly arched hind margin; and for males the antennae are short, the base of the hind basitarsus broadens with a distinct shoulder.

Source:

See UK Bumblebee Identification Guide

PaDIL Links:
Honey bee tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi )
Common Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Beelouse (Braula coeca)
Varroa Mite (Varroa destructor)
Varroa Mite (Varroa jacobsoni)

Specimen contact point: Museum Victoria

Citation: Walker, K. (2008) Large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) Pest and Diseases Image Library. Updated on 7/18/2008 10:26:56 AM. Available online: http://www.padil.gov.au

Created Date: 5/2/2006 11:01:31 AM

Last Updated: 7/18/2008 10:26:56 AM

Diagnostic Images
Head Front	Hind Wing
Overview Images
Dorsal	Lateral	Posterior
Other Images
Dorsal view - worker	Head front - worker	Lateral view - worker	Nest images
Posterior view - worker	Queen- worker size variation