Florentine Woolcarder Bee

Florentine Woolcarder Bee

Anthidium florentinum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Barcelona

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

118 Verified sightings at Barcelona
39 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Florentine Woolcarder Bee

Anthidium florentinum, one of several European wool carder bees, is a territorial species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
2 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Athens 🇬🇷 Greece
~20%
2 Turin 🇮🇹 Italy
~20%
3 Ankara 🇹🇷 Turkey
~20%
4 Valencia 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
5 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~20%
6 Budapest 🇭🇺 Hungary
~20%
7 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
8 Montreal 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
9 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
10 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Florentine Woolcarder Bee in Barcelona?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Florentine Woolcarder Bee sighting in Barcelona on a given day, based on 118 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 381 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Florentine Woolcarder Bee in Barcelona?

June and July

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Florentine Woolcarder Bee in Barcelona on a given day, against under 5% in November to March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Florentine Woolcarder Bee?

Between 3 and 6 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Florentine Woolcarder Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Barcelona the best place to see a Florentine Woolcarder Bee?

7th of 22

Of the 22 cities where we can rate Florentine Woolcarder Bee sightings, Barcelona ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Athens (Greece, about 20%), Turin (Italy, about 20%) and Ankara (Turkey, about 20%).

Where does the Florentine Woolcarder Bee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Florentine Woolcarder Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Barcelona (118 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.

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