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title: "Perplexing Bumble Bee"
description: "Bombus perplexus — Insetti e ragni. Bombus perplexus is a species of bumblebee known by the common name confusing bumblebee."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/perplexing-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Perplexing Bumble Bee

> Bombus perplexus — Insetti e ragni. Bombus perplexus is a species of bumblebee known by the common name confusing bumblebee.

- Scientific name: *Bombus perplexus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17723
- Wikidata: [Q2000036](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2000036)
- iNaturalist taxon: [155085](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155085)

## Names

- en: Perplexing Bumble Bee
- fr: Bourdon Trompeur

## Countries with the most observations

US (9336), CA (6240)

## Summary

Bombus perplexus is a species of bumblebee known by the common name confusing bumblebee. It is native to northern North America, where it occurs across Canada and into the eastern United States.
The queen is 1.7 to 2.1 centimeters long and just under a centimeter wide at the abdomen. It is mostly black with areas of pale hairs. The worker female is 1.2 to 1.4 centimeters long and half a centimeter wide. It is hairier than the queen and has more yellow hairs. The abdomen is black and yellow. The male is the same size as the worker. The mandibles have reddish tips. It has white hairs on the head and legs and yellow…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: ngoomie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223576615

## Machine access

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