Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) collecting pollen on Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis) in Kelvindale, Glasgow
22 May 2017
Red-tailed Bumblebee, Glasgow
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Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) collecting pollen on Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis) in Kelvindale, Glasgow
22 May 2017
Red-tailed Bumblebee, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond
Female Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) on Allium sp., showing a pollen basket on its hind leg, Broomhill allotments, Glasgow
06 June 2020
Male Red-tailed bumblebee
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
The male Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), seen here on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), can be distinguished by the yellow banding on his face and thorax. Females are larger, and black with a prominent red tail. These are sociable insects nesting in burrows and under rocks. They will fly from spring through to autumn, before going into hibernation (with the exception of the old queen and the males which will die in the autumn). Can be seen anywhere with flowers. This photo was taken in Kelvindale, Glasgow
01 August 2016
Red-tailed Bumblebee, Kelvindale
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Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) on Cotoneaster horizontalis in Kelvindale taken by Claudia Caporusso
28 May 2019
Red-tailed Bumblebee on Ragwort
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
The female Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), seen here on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), can be distinguished by having a mostly black body but a prominent red tail, lacking the yellow banding on the face and thorax of the male. These are sociable insects nesting in burrows and under rocks. They will fly from spring through to autumn, before going into hibernation (with the exception of the old queen and the males which will die in the autumn). Can be seen anywhere with flowers. This photo was taken in Kelvindale, Glasgow
29 July 2016
Red-tailed Bumblebee, Bridgeness, Bo'ness
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Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, a habitat creation project run by Buglife Scotland as part of the activities of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative.
02 August 2017
Red-tailed Bumblebee, Stirling
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Stirling
The male Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), seen here on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), can be distinguished by the yellow banding on his face and thorax. Females are larger, and black with a prominent red tail. These are sociable insects nesting in burrows and under rocks. They will fly from spring through to autumn, before going into hibernation (with the exception of the old queen and the males which will die in the autumn). Can be seen anywhere with flowers. This photo was taken at the Back Walk under Stirling Castle Rock.
