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“Evidence: The Joint Nature Conservation Committee currently lists seven species of bumblebee with "priority" status under the UK's Biodiversity Action Plan: the great yellow bumblebee, brown-banded carder-bee, moss carder bee, red-shanked carder bee, large garden bumblebee, short-haired bumblebee and shrill carder bee.”

The Guardian: Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe

“At least eleven threatened bird species (IUCN categories VU and above) occur in the ecoregion, and two others may be present, but their distributions are poorly known (brown-banded rail [Lewinia mirificus] and Luzon buttonquail [Turnix worcesteri]).”

Luzon montane rain forests

“This one, however, was lucky enough to catch a brown-banded bamboo shark, and this photograph shows it in the process of swallowing the thing whole.”

Gizmodo

“The site is also home to most of Britain's rarest native bees, including the brown-banded carder bee Bombus sylvarum.”

The Guardian World News

“Researchers spotted a tasseled wobbegong shark consuming headfirst a somewhat smaller brown-banded bamboo shark on the southern Great Barrier Reef on Aug. 1, 2011.”

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“The eater in this party was a tasselled wobbegong shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) more than 4 feet long (1.3 meter); the wobbegong's prey was a 3.2-foot-long (1 m) brown-banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum).”

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“At a time of increasing anxiety about bees, it is notable how many buzz around here during the summer months, including some of the rarest native bees, such as the brown-banded carder bee (Bombus humilis) and the shrill carder bee (Bombus sylvarum).”

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

“Baits impregnated with a commercial preparation of neem-seed extract proved to retard the growth of oriental, brown-banded, and German cockroaches. (”

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