BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus) (Buff-tailed Bumble Bee)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombus terrestris | Female imago | 30 April 2007 | Berks | England | 6 | 4 |
Suggested Literature
Bombus terrestris may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Bombus terrestris is associated with:
| Orobanche rapum-genistae - Greater Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) | robs flower | Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 [corolla often perforated at the base] |
There may be more taxa associated with Bombus terrestris listed at higher taxonomic level
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HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Associated with Bombus terrestris:
| adult | adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva | Physocephala rufipes - a thick-headed fly (Diptera: Conopidae) | Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | ||
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adult | adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva | Sicus ferrugineus - a thick-headed fly (Diptera: Conopidae) | Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | |
|
nest | nest is taken over by female | Psithyrus vestalis - Vestal Cuckoo Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | 
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Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
Bombus terrestris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants) |
APOIDEA |
APIDAE (bees) |
Bombus (bumble bees) |
References
| Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 | Flora of the British Isles |
| Macdonald, M.A., in prep. | Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates |
| Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees |
| Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | Diptera: Conopidae |
