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A couple of weeks ago I found this strange, quite small bumblebee on the flowers on our terrace. It had a rather flat and pointed face and the thorax was brown with a distinct dark centre. Also it had a small brown tip to the abdomen.
Two days later I found another four or five of the same bumblebees at the edge of a small wooded area along the river Linge with lots of flowers. They were foraging mainly on Echium vulgare.

Does anyone know which species this could be?

Thanks in advance!

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pic 2

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possible Bombus pascuorum var.moorselensis?

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Thanks cthirion. Is this a more or less regular colour variation then, with that black patch on the thorax? I never noticed it before.

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Hello, it is only one suggestion, I will show it in Pierre Rasmont (Belgium) on his return of holidays! ?

?But I have the memory to have reclassified the same ones with these dark marks! ?
?Patience! ?

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I am aware of the fact that it's only a suggestion, cthirion. I will be patient Thanks for your help on this one!