Four Coloured Cuckoo Bee - Bombus sylvestris
Body lengths, female 15 mm, male 14 mm.
To be seen around the nests of Bombus pratorum.
Spring and summer.
Cuckoo Bumblebee of Bombus pratorum. Males tend to patrol mating circuits within 1 m of the ground.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Thought to be fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
04 April 2020
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
30 April 2016
Kate Nightingale
Ulverscroft
21 June 2016
AJ Cann
Grantham Canal
18 July 2015
Matthew Berriman
Stocken
14 April 2020
Maggie Frankum
Knighton garden
09 July 2004
melanic male
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Species profile
- Common names
- Forest Cuckoo Bee, Four-coloured Cuckoo Bee, Forest Cuckoo Bumblebee
- Species group:
- Bees, Wasps, Ants
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Apidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 36
- First record:
- 06/07/2004 (Frankum, Maggie)
- Last record:
- 29/07/2023 (Gray, Stephen)
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David Nicholls
Ratby garden
04 April 2020
thebeesknees
Leicester Garden
05 June 2015
Maggie Frankum
Knighton garden
06 July 2004
male
AJ Cann
Grantham Canal
18 July 2015
Steve Mathers
Hole Hill NR. Markfield
07 September 2016
Matthew Berriman
Stocken
14 April 2020
Saharima Roenisch
Abbey Park
14/07/2017
Matthew Berriman
Stocken
14 April 2020
Saharima Roenisch
Evington Park
15/07/2017
