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Cryptic bumblebee vs Garden bumblebee

The garden bumblebee is longer: 2.2 cm against 2 cm for the cryptic bumblebee, about 10% longer.

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Cryptic bumblebee

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Garden bumblebee

What is the difference between a cryptic bumblebee and a garden bumblebee?

Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.

  • The garden bumblebee is longer: 2.2 cm against 2 cm for the cryptic bumblebee, about 10% longer.
  • Both belong to the genus Bombus, so they are close relatives.

Side by side

Cryptic bumblebeeGarden bumblebee
Scientific nameBombus cryptarumBombus hortorum
FamilyApidaeApidae
OrderHymenopteraHymenoptera
WeightNot recordedNot recorded
Length1.3 cm – 2 cm1.3 cm – 2.2 cm
LifespanNot recordedNot recorded
Main foodNot recordedNot recorded
HabitatNot recordedforest, grassland, human_modified
Conservation statusNot recordedNot recorded
Countries recordedNot recorded1

Which is bigger?

CRYPTIC BUMBLEBEE · 2 CMGARDEN BUMBLEBEE · 2.2 CM
Greatest recorded body length, drawn to the same scale: Cryptic bumblebee 2 cm, Garden bumblebee 2.2 cm.

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