Bee. (1 Viewer)

[Stonechat4]

As a distinct bumblebee entirely black with a crimson to light red tail, I had this one in my book as a Red-Tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius, until on the computer, I saw the two thin white bands.

 

[aeshna5]

I still think this is B. lapidarius. I wonder if the grey bands are a photo artefact?

 

[Andy Adcock]

I still think this is B. lapidarius. I wonder if the grey bands are a photo artefact?

I'd say definitely, they're catching the sun and shining whilst the area in between them is in shadow, it's just the way the hair tracts have separated.

 

[Stonechat4]

Thanks for this aeshna5 and Andy, interesting.