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title: "Black-and-gold Bumble Bee"
description: "Bombus auricomus — Insekten & Spinnen. Bombus auricomus is a species of bumblebee known by the common name black and gold bumblebee."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-and-gold-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-and-gold Bumble Bee

> Bombus auricomus — Insekten & Spinnen. Bombus auricomus is a species of bumblebee known by the common name black and gold bumblebee.

- Scientific name: *Bombus auricomus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 15625
- Wikidata: [Q2355391](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2355391)
- iNaturalist taxon: [198856](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/198856)

## Names

- en: Black-and-gold Bumble Bee

## Countries with the most observations

US (14682), CA (128)

## Summary

Bombus auricomus is a species of bumblebee known by the common name black and gold bumblebee. It is native to eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and much of the eastern United States, as far west as the Great Plains.
This species creates above-ground nests in grassland and other open habitat types. It feeds at many types of plants, including thistles, prairie clovers, delphiniums, teasels, echinacea, bergamot, penstemons, clovers, and vetches.
This is a fairly large bumblebee; workers and males are about 1.7 to 2.0 cm long, while queens can be up to 2.5 cm in length.
This bee was previously thought…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_auricomus

## Photo

![Black-and-gold Bumble Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-and-gold-bumble-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cathy Perkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146376464

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-and-gold-bumble-bee?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).