Halictus scabiosae
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Halictus scabiosae, the great banded furrow-bee, is a species of bee in the family Halictidae, the sweat bees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 179th most-seen of the 996 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months. Those are among Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in October.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Banded Furrow Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Great Banded Furrow Bee sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Great Banded Furrow Bee that you can see in Cévennes National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Hairy Carpenter Ant (about 20%), Violet Carpenter Bee (about 20%) and Mediterranean Acrobat Ant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Banded Furrow Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (36 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.
