BIG Buff Tailed!!

Walking along Pakefield Cliff last week I spotted a really big Buff Tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, resting on some common mallow.

The bee itself didnt move a muscle, which would perhaps suggest it was an early male, and the rounded abdomen would back this theory up. Males have a rounded abdomen whereas females and workers have a pointed abdomen.

See what you think, he's a beauty!

Prob male Buff Tailed Bumblebee on common mallow