Xylocopa flavicollis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–July, September and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee sightings, Addo Elephant National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same genus: Xylocopa
The closest relatives of the One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (genus Xylocopa, Large Carpenter Bees) are Big Red Large Carpenter Bee (about 10%) and Double-Banded Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant National Park (15 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.
