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Created 17-May-19
Modified 17-Sep-24
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This species has become quite rare due to a parasite obtained from imported bumble bees that were raised in Europe in the late 1990s.
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Keywords:Bombus occidentalis, Cascade mountains, Washington, Western Bumble Bee, insect, invertebrate, pollinator, towering lousewort
© Tom Kogut Photography
Western Bumble Bee foraging on towering lousewort flowers (4), Cascade mountains, WashingtonSheridan's Green Hairstreak, eastern WashingtonRocky Mountain Clearwing moth, Hemaris thetis, eastern WashingtonTaylor's Checkerspot (Euphydryas editha taylori) butterfly, dorsal view, western WashingtonWestern Bumble Bee approaching Lewis's Monkeyflower, Chinook Pass, WashingtonWestern Bumble Bee foraging on towering lousewort flowers (2), Cascade mountains, WashingtonWestern Bumble Bee (Bombus occidentalis) at Lewis's Monkeyflower, William O. Douglas Wilderness, WACrab spider (Diaea sp.?) on arrowleaf balsamroot flower, eastern WashingtonTwo-formed Bumble Bee (Bombus bifarius) at tall silvercrown flower, eastern WashingtonWater strider (species unknown), Cowlitz River, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WashingtonMardon Skipper (Polites mardon), Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WashingtonWoodland Skipper (Polites silvanoides), western WashingtonTaylor's Checkerspot (Euphydryas editha taylori) butterfly nectaring on camas flower, WashingtonCoronis Fritillary (Speyeria coronis), Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WashingtonClodius Parnassian butterfly (Parnassius clodius), Packwood, WashingtonGray Hairstreak (Strymon melinue) nectaring on lupine, eastern WashingtonMonarch (Danaus plexippus), Benton County, WashingtonDewy moth (Ctenucha rubroscapus), Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WashingtonDewy moth, Bear Prairie wetland, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WashingtonAnna's Blue (Plebejus anna) butterfly pair on aster flowers, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington
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