Halictus rubicundus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Halictus rubicundus, the orange-legged furrow bee, is a species of sweat bee found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. H. rubicundus entered North America from the Old World during one of two main invasions of Halictus subgenera. These invasions likely occurred via the Bering land bridge at times of low sea level during the Pleistocene epoch.
The species exhibits different social behaviors depending on climate: it is a solitary species in high elevations or latitudes where the season is short, but eusocial in other areas. Often, solitary and eusocial colonies appear simultaneously in the same population. These sweat bees are extensively studied for their variability in social behavior, which has become a model for social plasticity. This variability has contributed to an understanding of evolution of social behavior.
Halictus rubicundus is a species of Hymenoptera in the bee family Halictidae, more commonly known as sweat bees. This common name comes from their frequent attraction to perspiration. This species exhibits polymorphic social behavior that varies with environmental conditions, and other species of the family Halictidae are thought to have similar... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Anchorage | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Legged Furrow Bee sighting in Anchorage on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 59 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.
May and July–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Legged Furrow Bee in Anchorage on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Legged Furrow Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 21 cities where we can rate Orange-Legged Furrow Bee sightings, Anchorage ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Orange-Legged Furrow Bee that you can see in Anchorage (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee (about 20%), McKay's Western Bumble Bee (about 20%) and American Yellowjacket (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Legged Furrow Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Anchorage (26 verified sightings), 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.
