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title: "Red-belted Bumble Bee"
description: "Bombus rufocinctus — Insekten & Spinnen. Bombus rufocinctus is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the \"red-belted bumblebee\"."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/red-belted-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-belted Bumble Bee

> Bombus rufocinctus — Insekten & Spinnen. Bombus rufocinctus is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the "red-belted bumblebee".

- Scientific name: *Bombus rufocinctus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 25763
- Wikidata: [Q2088072](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2088072)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144011](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144011)

## Names

- en: Red-belted Bumble Bee
- fr: Bourdon à Ceinture Rouge

## Countries with the most observations

CA (12520), US (11118)

## Summary

Bombus rufocinctus is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the "red-belted bumblebee". It is native to North America where it has a wide distribution across Canada and the western, midwestern, and northeastern United States. It may occur in Mexico.
The queen is 1.6 to 1.8 centimeters long and just under a centimeter wide at the abdomen. It is black with scattered gray and yellowish hairs on the head. The abdomen has many bright yellow hairs and areas of reddish hairs. The worker is 1.1 to 1.2 centimeters long and half a centimeter wide at the abdomen. It is similar to the queen but it may have longer hairs. The…

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

## Photo

![Red-belted Bumble Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-belted-bumble-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127558590

## Machine access

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