Garden Bumblebee vs North American Pygmy Mole Cricket

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Garden Bumblebee North American Pygmy Mole Cricket
Scientific Name Bombus hortorum Neotridactylus apicialis
Order Hymenoptera Orthoptera
Family Apidae Tridactylidae
Size 12-22mm 5-7 mm
Habitat Underground Rivers & Streams
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions Europe Eastern United States
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Garden Bumblebee

A long-tongued bumblebee with three yellow bands and a white tail. Specializes in deep tubular flowers.

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Did You Know?

Has the longest tongue of any common bumblebee species, allowing it to access nectar in deep tubular flowers.

North American Pygmy Mole Cricket

A minute mole cricket found on sandy shores of rivers and ponds in North America. It burrows just beneath the wet sand surface.

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Did You Know?

Its hind tibiae bear paddle-like swimming plates that allow it to skim across the surface of water when flooded out of its burrow.