I found this dead little guy in southern Finland, can anyone help me identify it? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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There are three wings, so I guess it lost one of them. There's also a big hole in the head (shown in last pic) and some of the legs appear to be missing. Sorry for the shitty photos, I took them on my phone.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Do you speak FInnish or have, uh, access to someone who does? I found a bumblebee recognition guide, but it's in Finnish only https://suomenluonto.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kimalaiskoulu.pdf

It does have pictures though, so it might be useful anyhow

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah I do. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Looks like a bumblebee. Hard to tell which, maybe bombus festivus or bombus pascuorum?

Not an entomologist, just googling.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_flavidus

Maybe? Definitely some kind of bumblebee.

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