American Bumblebee

Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer 1773)

Body symmetry

• Namigai et al 2014: bilaterally symmetric

are eaten by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Lanius borealis Vieillot 1808 (Northern Shrike)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832) (Green Lynx Spider)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832) (Green Lynx Spider)

are host of

• Global Biotic Interactions: Nosema bombi Fantham & A. Porter 1914
• Global Biotic Interactions: Nosema bombi Fantham & A. Porter 1914

are mutualistic with

• Global Biotic Interactions: Sambucus canadensis L. (Canadian elder)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton (crowpoison)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Oxalis corniculata L. (creeping woodsorrel)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Viola pubescens Ait. (downy yellow violet)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Cardamine angustata O. E. Schulz (slender toothwort)

are parasitized by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Physocephala marginata (Say 1823)

are preyed upon by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Lanius borealis Vieillot 1808 (Northern Shrike)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832) (Green Lynx Spider)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832) (Green Lynx Spider)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832) (Green Lynx Spider)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Proxys punctulatus (Palisot 1818)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

conservation status

• IUCN: vulnerable
• COSEWIC: of special concern

developmental mode

• Insect Development: holometabolous

eat

• Global Biotic Interactions: Trifolium pratense L. (Red Clover)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G. F. W. Mey. (man of the earth)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Cirsium horridulum Michx. (yellow thistle)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Helianthus tuberosus L. (Jerusalem artichoke)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. fil.) C. Presl (Pickerel Weed)

geographic distribution

• United States Species List: United States
• United States Species List: United States
• North Pacific Species List: North Pacific
• North Atlantic Species List: North Atlantic
• Mexico Species List: Mexico

habitat

• Wikipedia (inferred records): subtropical
• Wikipedia (inferred records): temperate
• IUCN: terrestrial

have host

• Global Biotic Interactions: Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. (lingonberry)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br. (Hedge Bindweed)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Hypericum perforatum L. (St John's wort)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Hypericum perforatum L. (St John's wort)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Cirsium horridulum Michx. (yellow thistle)

number of records in gbif

• GBIF data coverage: 51514

number of records in iNat

• iNaturalist data coverage: 34462

number of research grade records in iNat

• iNaturalist data coverage: 34074

population trend

• IUCN: Decreasing

visit

• Global Biotic Interactions: Helianthus annuus L. (common sunflower)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Salvia farinacea Benth. (mealycup sage)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench (eastern purple coneflower)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Trifolium pratense L. (Red Clover)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Scutellaria incana Spreng. (hoary skullcap)

visit flowers of

• Global Biotic Interactions: Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench (eastern purple coneflower)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Campsis radicans (L.) Seem. (trumpet creeper)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Bidens alba (L.) DC. (romerillo)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Mimulus ringens L. (Allegheny monkeyflower)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Silphium asteriscus L. (starry rosinweed)