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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Red-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus lapidarius

About

A jet-black bumblebee with a vivid orange-red tail that is unmistakable in flight. It commonly nests underground in old mouse burrows and stone walls.

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Did You Know?

Its nest name 'lapidarius' means 'of stones' because it often nests beneath rocks and walls.