"Hello There, Sir" Pt. 3 - _TNY_9811

This little fuzzball kept waving at me from his purple thistle and even continued when he stepped onto my finger instead.

 

So, which bumblebee is it? Well, for starters, the narrow jaws with double-studded end and a chinstrap beard of long bent hairs below the jaw tells us it is a male.

 

Then the very long hairs on the front pair of legs reveal this to bee a cuckoo bumblebee.

 

Finally the yellow-black-yellow-black-white fur makes this either a Barbut's cuckoo-bee (Bombus barbutellus) or a gypsy's cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus bohemicus).

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49051900608/

 

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49196123058/

Done