[Pollinator] pocket identification guides for rare bumble bees

[Sarina Jepsen]

Identification guides for rare bumble bees
The Xerces Society has developed pocket identification guides to help 
detect the rare and declining bumble bee species Bombus occidentalis, 
Bombus affinis, and Bombus terricola. These guides include 
illustrations of similar species found in the ranges of each of the 
above species.

Download and print a PDF version of the pocket identification guide for:
    * 
<http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/occidentalis_pocketid.pdf>the 
western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis, western U.S. and Canada)
    * 
<http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/affinis_pocketid.pdf>the 
rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis, upper midwest and eastern 
U.S., eastern Canada)
    * 
<http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/terricola_pocketid1.pdf>the 
yellowbanded bumble bee (Bombus terricola, upper midwest and eastern 
U.S., eastern Canada)
    * 
<http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/foldinginstructions1.pdf>printing 
and folding instructions

If you spot any of these species, please take photos and send an 
email to <mailto:bumblebees at xerces.org>bumblebees at xerces.org.

If you would like a printed version of one or two of these guides, 
please email <mailto:sarina at xerces.org>sarina at xerces.org.

<http://www.xerces.org/bumblebees/>Read more about our work on 
conservation of these three species of bumble bees.


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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
The Xerces Society is an international, nonprofit organization that
protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their
habitat. To join the Society, make a contribution, or read about our
work, please visit <http://www.xerces.org/>www.xerces.org

Sarina Jepsen
Endangered Species Coordinator
4828 SE Hawthorne Blvd.  Portland, OR  97215
tel: 503-232-6639     fax: 503-233-6794
email: sarina at xerces.org
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