Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 68 No. 68 |

Bombus sylvarum, the shrill carder bee or knapweed carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee with a wide distribution across Europe, east to the Ural Mountains, and north to Great Britain, Ireland, and southern Scandinavia.
Ancestry Graph
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arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees("suborder: Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees"):::active
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-->honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies("family: Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies"):::active
honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies-->bumble-bees("genus: Bumble Bees"):::active
bumble-bees-.->bombus(": Bombus")
bumble-bees-.->common-carder-bumble-bee(["species: Common Carder Bumble Bee"])
bumble-bees-.->cuckoo-bumble-bees(": Cuckoo Bumble Bees")
bumble-bees-.->early-bumble-bee(["species: Early Bumble Bee"])
bumble-bees-.->garden-bumble-bee(["species: Garden Bumble Bee"])
bumble-bees==>shrill-carder-bumble-bee(["species: Shrill Carder-Bumble bee"]):::active
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click common-carder-bumble-bee href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/bumble-bees/common-carder-bumble-bee/"
click cuckoo-bumble-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/bumble-bees/cuckoo-bumble-bees/"
click early-bumble-bee href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/bumble-bees/early-bumble-bee/"
click garden-bumble-bee href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/bumble-bees/garden-bumble-bee/"
click shrill-carder-bumble-bee href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/bumble-bees/shrill-carder-bumble-bee/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/"
click honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/"
click bumble-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/bumble-bees/"
„Death in the garden“
Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.