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Ruderal bumblebee

Bombus ruderatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The ruderal bumblebee (Bombus ruderatus) is a species in the family Apidae, order Hymenoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.4 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the ruderal bumblebee

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.5 cm – 2.4 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the ruderal bumblebee?

RUDERAL BUMBLEBEE · LENGTH 2.4 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.4 cm, the recorded maximum length of the ruderal bumblebee is about 1.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the ruderal bumblebee live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The ruderal bumblebee is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the ruderal bumblebee endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ruderal bumblebee classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyApidae
  6. genusBombus
  7. SpeciesBombus ruderatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Apis autumnalis, Apis harrisella, Apis perniger, Apis ruderata, Apis ruderatus, Apis tunstallana, Bombus autumnalis, Bombus eurynotus, Bombus eurynotus ruderatus, Bombus harrisellus, Bombus ruderatus autumnalis, Bombus ruderatus eurynotus, Bombus ruderatus ibericus, Bombus ruderatus perniger, Bombus ruderatus rondensis, Bombus ruderatus sardiniensis, Bombus sardiniensis, Bombus tunstallanus, Bombus villaricensis, Bremus ruderatus, Megabombus ruderatus, Terrestribombus hortorum bolivari

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Large garden (Ruderal) bumblebeeEnglish
  • Large garden bumble beeEnglish
  • Large garden humble-beeEnglish
  • Variably-banded bumblebeeEnglish
  • Чмель чырванаватыBelarusian
  • čmelák humenníCzech
  • FelthumleDanish
  • FeldhummelGerman
  • Bourdon des frichesFrench
  • ligeti poszméhHungarian
  • Tamsiajuostė kamanėLithuanian
  • Pi RorohuMāori
  • kratthumleNorwegian Bokmål
  • Grote tuinhommelDutch
  • Trzmiel ciemnopasyPolish
  • Abelhão-de-duas-bandasPortuguese
  • Щебневый шмельRussian
  • čmeľ zamatovýSlovak
  • fälthumlaSwedish
  • Джміль червонуватийUkrainian
  • ruderathumlaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ruderal bumblebee

Other species in the same genus Bombus.

CompareRuderal bumblebee vs Buff-tailed bumblebeeRuderal bumblebee vs Common carder beeRuderal bumblebee vs Stone humble-beeRuderal bumblebee vs Garden bumblebee

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ruderal bumblebee?

An adult ruderal bumblebee measures 1.5 cm – 2.4 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the ruderal bumblebee live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the ruderal bumblebee for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the ruderal bumblebee?

The ruderal bumblebee (Bombus ruderatus) belongs to the family Apidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ruderal bumblebee (Bombus ruderatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ruderal-bumblebee

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{ruderal_bumblebee_2026,
  title = {Ruderal bumblebee (Bombus ruderatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ruderal-bumblebee},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}