It is similar in appearance to another cuckoo bumblebee: Bombus bohemicus but is distinguishable by either looking at the length of the antennal segments or dissection and comparison of the genitalia.
Bombus terrestris | Yellow-haired male ''Bombus lucorum | Still from a Rana installation monitoring a ''Bombus terrestris | Bombus bohemicus | Bombus auricomus |