Brown-banded Carder Bee Bombus humilis
The scarcest of the three all-ginger carder bumblebees, it is found in open flower-rich grasslands in the south of England and Wales, where it shows a strong preference for clover, knapweed, red bartsia and similar flower species. Males, workers and queens are similar in appearance, ginger-brown all over with no clearly delineated tail, often with a darker brown band on the second abdominal segment. Image: © Hawk Honey, Flickr.
Find out more: iNaturalist, Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society, Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Suffolk’s Priority Ant, Bee and Wasp Species
Key
UK BAP Priority Species – Listed as a conservation priority under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
Suffolk Character Species – A species closely associated with Suffolk’s landscape and natural identity.
Suffolk LNRS Key Species – Identified as a priority for recovery under Suffolk’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
