#3645 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

American Bumble Bee

Bombus pensylvanicus

VUvulnerable 🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Buddy · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © rmaum · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © krancmm · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © tex-anne · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © crseaquist · CC BY 4.0
6. © laurenjansensimpson · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Paul Meredith · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Roberto R. Calderón · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Bombus pensylvanicus , the American bumblebee or Sonoran bumblebee , is a threatened species of bumblebee native to North America. It occurs in eastern Canada, throughout much of the United States, and much of Mexico.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 72,214iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
72,214 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1773 (253 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.