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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA
APIDAE
(bees)
Bombus
(bumble bees)
Bombus ruderatus
(Large Garden Bumble Bee)
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Bombus ruderatus (Fabricius) (Large Garden Bumble Bee)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Edwards, M., 2007, Bombus ruderatus & Bombus ruderarius, British Wildlife, Volume 18, No 6: 441 (Colour photograph) Bombus ruderatus & Bombus ruderarius

Bombus ruderatus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)		 Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)		 APOIDEA APIDAE
(bees)		 Bombus
(bumble bees)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Bombus ruderatus is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Bombus ruderatus listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Bombus ruderatus:

Bombus ruderatus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)		 Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)		 APOIDEA APIDAE
(bees)		 Bombus
(bumble bees)

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