Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

This is a beginning guide to Calgary's insect pollinators. The goal is to highlight some of the many insect pollinators you may encounter in the city and through participating in the Calgary Pollinator Count (see ...more ↓

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Forest Bumble Bee ¹
Bombus sylvicola

Northern Amber Bumble Bee ²
Bombus borealis

Nevada Bumble Bee ³
Bombus nevadensis

Red-belted Bumble Bee ⁴
Bombus rufocinctus

Yellowish Cuckoo-Bumble bee ⁵
Bombus flavidus

Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee ⁶
Bombus insularis

Great Basin Bumble Bee ⁷
Bombus centralis

Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee ⁸
Bombus flavifrons

Hunt's Bumble Bee ⁹
Bombus huntii

Black-tailed Bumble Bee ¹⁰
Bombus melanopygus

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee ¹¹
Bombus mixtus

Perplexing Bumble Bee ⁴
Bombus perplexus

Tricolored Bumble Bee ⁴
Bombus ternarius

Half-black Bumble Bee ¹²
Bombus vagans

Vancouver Bumble Bee ¹³
Bombus vancouverensis

Western Bumble Bee ¹⁴
Bombus occidentalis

Yellow-banded Bumble Bee ¹⁵
Bombus terricola

Cryptic Bumble Bee ¹³
Bombus cryptarum

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Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

Forest Bumble Bee 1 Bombus sylvicola

Northern Amber Bumble Bee 2 Bombus borealis

Nevada Bumble Bee 3 Bombus nevadensis

Red-belted Bumble Bee 4 Bombus rufocinctus

Yellowish Cuckoo-Bumble bee 5 Bombus flavidus

Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee 6 Bombus insularis

Great Basin Bumble Bee 7 Bombus centralis

Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee 8 Bombus flavifrons

Hunt's Bumble Bee 9 Bombus huntii

Black-tailed Bumble Bee 10 Bombus melanopygus

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee 11 Bombus mixtus

Perplexing Bumble Bee 4 Bombus perplexus

Tricolored Bumble Bee 4 Bombus ternarius

Half-black Bumble Bee 12 Bombus vagans

Vancouver Bumble Bee 13 Bombus vancouverensis

Western Bumble Bee 14 Bombus occidentalis

Yellow-banded Bumble Bee 15 Bombus terricola

Cryptic Bumble Bee 13 Bombus cryptarum