Svastra obliqua
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Svastra obliqua, the sunflower bee, is a species of long-horned bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Oblique Longhorn Bee sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 954th most-seen of the 1624 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oblique Longhorn Bee in Austin on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oblique Longhorn Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Oblique Longhorn Bee sightings, Austin ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Phoenix (United States, about 10%), Sacramento (United States, about 10%) and Dallas (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Apidae
The closest relatives of the Oblique Longhorn Bee that you can see in Austin (family Apidae, Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies) are American Bumble Bee (about 20%), Sonoran Bumble Bee (about 10%) and Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oblique Longhorn Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Austin (16 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.
