California Bumble Bee

Bombus californicus Smith 1854

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Bombus californicus (California Bumble Bee) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family Apidae. They visit flowers of Acmispon glaber, San Luis purple sage, common buttonbush, and cultivated radish.

EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Lupinus microcarpus Sims (Chick Lupine)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Salvia leucophylla Greene (San Luis purple sage)
kills
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002626
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Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus 1766 (Loggerhead Shrike)
type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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NHMUK
visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. (California Buckwheat)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Cichorium intybus L. (chicory)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of California Bumble Bee. View this species on GBIF

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