Agapostemon splendens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Agapostemon splendens, the brown-winged striped sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Winged Striped Sweat Bee sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 193rd most-seen of the 262 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.
March, May and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Winged Striped Sweat Bee in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April and June–October, the lowest months. Those are among Big Cypress National Preserve's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in June.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Winged Striped Sweat Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Brown-Winged Striped Sweat Bee sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (United States, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-Winged Striped Sweat Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (6 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.
