list of bumblebee species on this site

Below is a list of the species featured on this site with links to the page that carries most information about that species. All are in the Bombus genus. UK species are found in the UK, and northern Europe, NA are species fund in North America - a few species are found in both. In the common names bb means bumblebee - who'da thunk it!

name	common name	UK/NA
affinis	rusty-patched bb	NA
appositus	white-shouldered bb	NA
ashtoni		NA
auricomis	black and gold bb	NA
balteatus		NA
barbutellus	Barbut's cuckoo bb	UK
bifarius bifarius	two-formed bb	NA
bifarius nearticus	two-formes bb	NA
bimaculatus	two-spotted bb	NA
bohemicus	gypsy cuckoo bb	UK.NA
borealis		NA
californicus		NA
calignosus		NA
campestris	field cuckoo bb	UK
centralis		NA
citrinus	Lemon cuckoo bb	NA
crawfordii		NA
crotchii		NA
distinguendus	great yellow bb	UK,NA
edwardsii		NA
fernaldae	Fernalde cuckoo bb	NA
fervidus fervidus	California bb yellow bb	NA
flavidus		NA
flavifrons dimidiatus		NA
flavifrons flavifrons		NA
fraternus	southern plains bb	NA
frigidus		NA
griseocollis	brown-belted bb	NA
hortorum	small garden bb large garden bb langtongued bb long faced bb white tailed bb three banded white tail	UK
humilis	brown-banded carder bb	UK
huntii	Hunt's bb	NA
hyperboreus		NA
hypnorum	tree bumblebee	UK
impatiens	common eastern bb	NA
insularis		NA
jonellus	heath bumblebee	UK,NA
lapidarius	stone bb red-tailed bb large red-tailed bb	UK
lucorum	small earth bb buff tailed bb white tailed bb two banded white tail	UK,NA
magnus	northern white-tailed bb	UK
melanopygus	black-tailed bb	NA
mixtus	fuzzy-horned bb	NA
monticola	bilberry bb blaeberry bb	UK
morrisoni	Morrison's bb	NA
muscorum	moss-carder bb large carder bb	UK
nevadaensis	Nevda bb	NA
nevadaensis auricomus	black and gold bb	NA
pascuorum	common carder bee brown bb	UK
pensylvanicus pensylvanicus	American bb	NA
pensylvanicus sonorus	Sonoran bb	NA
perplexus		NA
polaris polaris		NA
pratorum	early nesting bb early bb	UK
ruderarius	red-shanked carder bee	UK
ruderatus	ruderal bb large garden bb knapweed carder bee	UK
rufocinctus		NA
rupestris	red-tailed cuckoo bb	UK
sandersoni	Sanderson's bumblebee	NA
sitkensis		NA
soroeensis	broken-belted bb Illfracombe bb	UK
subterraneus	short-haired bb	UK
suckleyi		NA
sylvarum	shrill carder bee	UK
sylvestris	forest cuckoo bb	UK
sylvicola		NA
terrestris	large earth bb buff tailed bb two-banded white tail bb	UK
terricola occidentalis	western bb	NA
terricola terricola	yellow banded bb	NA
ternarius	tri-colored bb	NA
vagans vagans	half-black bb	NA
vandykei		NA
variabilis		NA
vestalis	southern cuckoo bb	UK
vosnesenskii	yellow-faced bb	NA