Common carder bee vs Cryptic bumblebee
The cryptic bumblebee is longer: 2 cm against 1.8 cm for the common carder bee, about 11% longer.
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What is the difference between a common carder bee and a cryptic bumblebee?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The cryptic bumblebee is longer: 2 cm against 1.8 cm for the common carder bee, about 11% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Bombus, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Common carder bee | Cryptic bumblebee | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Bombus pascuorum | Bombus cryptarum |
| Family | Apidae | Apidae |
| Order | Hymenoptera | Hymenoptera |
| Weight | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Length | 1.2 cm – 1.8 cm | 1.3 cm – 2 cm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest, grassland, human_modified, wetland | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Which is bigger?
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