False Banded Digger Bee
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Addo Elephant National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

12 Verified sightings at Addo Elephant National Park From 2019 to 2026
12 In 1 park
February Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the False Banded Digger Bee

Amegilla fallax is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a False Banded Digger Bee in Addo Elephant National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Banded Digger Bee sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 198 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a False Banded Digger Bee in Addo Elephant National Park?

February

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a False Banded Digger Bee in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–September, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a False Banded Digger Bee?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most False Banded Digger Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a False Banded Digger Bee?

Only Addo Elephant National Park, in our data

Addo Elephant National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate False Banded Digger Bee sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the False Banded Digger Bee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the False Banded Digger Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant National Park (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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