A preserved specimen of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced EurAsian pathogen.

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A preserved specimen of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced Eurasian pathogen.

Copyright: Clay Bolt
Image Size: 4203x2635 / 31.7MB; Bombus affinis Rusty-patched Bumble Bee Twin Creeks Science Center Great Smoky Mountains National Park Collection rare threatened endangered
Contained in galleries: North American Native Bees: Full Collection, North American Native Bees: Favorites, North American Bumble Bees