Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

🇬🇧 Buff-tailed Bumble Bee
🇫🇷 Bourdon terrestre

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Bombini
Genus: Bombus
Species: Bombus terrestris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/bombus-terrestris.webp — Bombus terrestris foraging on a flower of Salvia rosmarinus

img/bombus-terrestris-2.webp — Bombus terrestris foraging on a flower of Borago officinalis

img/bombus-terrestris-3.webp — Bombus terrestris foraging on a flower of Borago officinalis

Sources

Rasmont, P., Roberts, S., Cederberg, B., Radchenko, V., & Michez, D. (2015). Bombus terrestris (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2015. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13356704/57372577