2022 June 4
2022 June 4
Jochen Möhr sends a photograph of a bumble bee from Metchosin. We thank Steven Roias and Gordon Hart for confirming it as Bombus melanopygus.
Bombus melanopygus (Hym.: Apidae) Jochen Möhr
This blog provides an informal forum for terrestrial invertebrate watchers to post recent sightings of interesting observations in the southern Vancouver Island region. Please send your sightings by email to Jeremy Tatum (tatumjb352@gmail.com). Be sure to include your name, phone number, the species name (common or scientific) of the invertebrate you saw, location, date, and number of individuals. If you have a photograph you are willing to share, please send it along. Click on the title above for an index of past sightings.The index is updated most days.