🎉 Our Rusty Patched Bumble Bee project has been published!
🐝 🥰 Huge thanks to everyone who participated and helped make this possible!
🔗 Visit authors.elsevier.com/a/1lyZ35m5d8... to read the article.
#RustyPatchedBumbleBee #CommunityScience #iNaturalist
Rusty-patched Bumblebee with Silken Fungus Beetle on its antenna. The beetle rides back to the bee colony, where it lays eggs; larvae feed on organic debris; new adults ride another bee back to the flowers. This is called phoresy.
#rustypatchedbumblebee #phoresy #silkenfungusbeetle
Amazing picture of the Rusty Patched Bumblebee! Amazing count too! Great post! #RustyPatchedBumblebee
Nice! Where did you spot her? Excellent picture! #RustyPatchedBumblebee
Some backyard insect observations from this week: 1. Great Black Wasp 2. Federally endangered Rusty-patched Bumblebee (I've seen 10 in my yard this week) and 3. Thick-headed Fly (not a wasp).
#greatblackwasp #rustypatchedbumblebee #thickheadedfly #backyardwildlife
First Rusty-patched Bumblebee of the year! Federally endangered. On a Citizens for Conservation preserve.
Lake County, IL 7.14.25 (Bastille Day!)
#rustypatchedbumblebee #Bumblebee #nativebees
Minnesota Territory Insect The Rusty Patched Bee #TShirt #taiche #minnesota #minnesotastate #stateofminnesota #Bombusaffinis #nature #wildlife #rustypatchedbumblebee #bumblebee #bee #32ndstate #minnesotadaynationalminnesotaday www.zazzle.com/z/arxnq773?r...
This world seems a mess lately. Here are some beautiful busy bees instead. The first we’ve seen so far this year 😌🖤💛🐝🪻
#bees #rustypatchedbumblebee #nature #love
Restocked a couple packs of note cards! Printing more for Wild Things coming up March 1. What collection of notecards would you like to see? 🤔 #wildthings #artcards #insectart #rustypatchedbumblebee #fineart #insectillustration
Federally endangered Rusty-patched Bumblebee queen nectaring on Wild Bergamot. I do bumblebee monitoring on 4 preserves, and in 2024 observed record numbers of Rusty-patched in all 4 preserves AND my own back yard. #nativeplants #rustypatchedbumblebee #bumblebee #bumblebeequeen #insectphotography
Breaking news🐝🎉: Thanks to a lawsuit by the Center, @nrdc-org.bsky.social + allies, the USFWS proposed to designate around 1.6 million acres of critical habitat for the #rustypatchedbumblebee under the Endangered Species Act!
More info ➡️ biodiv.us/3CJo2vj
