Once again iNaturalist comes through with an identification, backed up by Tris Hoffman. This is a Hunt’s Bumblebee, an early emerger and fairly common in these parts. I never saw this one flying. After roaming over the surfaces of newly-emerged crocuses, he crawled back under some leaf litter.
Once again iNaturalist comes through with an identification, backed up by Tris Hoffman. This is a Hunt’s Bumblebee, an early emerger and fairly common in these parts. I never saw this one flying. After roaming over the surfaces of newly-emerged crocuses, he crawled back under some leaf litter.