Common name: Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Scientific name: Bombus variabilis (Cresson, 1872)

Class:

Insecta (Insects)

Order:

Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)

Family:

Apidae (Triepeolus)

Synonyms:

Other common names:

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Habitat type(s):

Habitat description(s)

Terrestrial:

Cropland/hedgerow, Old field

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Ecological systems and subsytems (about):

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Conservation:

Global conservation status rank:

G1G2

Critically Imperiled or Imperiled globally - At very high or high risk of extinction due to rarity or other factors; typically 20 or fewer populations or locations in the world, very few individuals, very restricted range, few remaining acres (or miles of stream), and/or steep declines. More information is needed to assign either G1 or G2.

State conservation status rank:

SH

Historical (Possibly extirpated) in New York - Missing from New York; known only from historical records (more than 30 years ago), but still some possibility of rediscovery upon further searching.

Federal protection:

Not Listed

State protection:

Not Listed

SGCN:

NYNHP track status:

Y: Track all extant and selected historical EOs

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More information:

Conservation guide:

None

NatureServe explorer link:

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.819626/Bombus_variabilis/