Banded white-tailed bumblebees belong to a category that includes a number of similar-looking species. Here are some tips on how to tell the commonest ones apart.
Images: Hoverfly ©Ailura. All others ©Steven Falk
Buff-tailed bumblebee

White-tailed bumblebee

Garden bumblebee

Heath bumblebee

Lookalikes
Cuckoo bumblebees

Hoverflies
