TAXONOMY:
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class:Insecta
    Order: Hymenoptera
     Family: Apidea
      Genus: Bombus
       Species: pennsylvanicus

OTHER NAME(S):
Bumble Bee

CHARACTERISTICS: Similar to Golden Northern Bumblebee (Bombus fervidus) but larger; black coloring just behind the wings; 1 to 3 stripes of yellow appearing on abdominal segments.

IDENTIFYING COLORS: black; yellow

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