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title: "Vestal Cuckoo Bumble bee"
description: "Bombus vestalis — Insectos y arañas. Bombus vestalis, the vestal cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of cuckoo bumblebee that lives in most of Europe, as well as North Africa and western Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/vestal-cuckoo-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vestal Cuckoo Bumble bee

> Bombus vestalis — Insectos y arañas. Bombus vestalis, the vestal cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of cuckoo bumblebee that lives in most of Europe, as well as North Africa and western Asia.

- Scientific name: *Bombus vestalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7755
- Wikidata: [Q376137](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376137)
- iNaturalist taxon: [127789](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127789)

## Names

- en: Vestal Cuckoo Bumble bee
- de: Keusche Kuckuckshummel
- fr: Psithyre vestale
- nl: Grote koekoekshommel
- pl: Trzmielec ziemny

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1424), GB (1219), FR (216), PL (197), AT (189), RU (180), NL (159), UA (110), CZ (108), IT (104), PT (83), ES (73)

## Summary

Bombus vestalis, the vestal cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of cuckoo bumblebee that lives in most of Europe, as well as North Africa and western Asia. It is a brood parasite that takes over the nests of other bee species. Its primary host is Bombus terrestris (the buff-tailed bumblebee). After its initial classification as Psithyrus vestalis, this bumblebee was recently reclassified into the genus Bombus, subgenus Psithyrus.

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

## Photo

![Vestal Cuckoo Bumble bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vestal-cuckoo-bumble-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nico · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248299798

## Machine access

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