Anthophora bimaculata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Anthophora bimaculata (also called green-eyed flower bee) is a species of bee. Anthophora bimaculata are 8–9 mm long. The male has narrow light tergite bandages, yellow face and normally hairy middle legs clearly visible in the field. The females are Clypeus yellow, but at the base with 2 large black spots, tergite 4 and 5 gray-yellow tomentose hairs, tergites with light hair ties in the field clearly recognizable. Both genders have olive green complex eyes and one very high, clearly perceptible flight sound. Knowing the habitat of a specimen is important for identifying A. bimaculata.
A. bimaculata have been spotted in North Africa from Morocco to Libya; a report by FRIESE (1915) from Eritrea is questionable. They also live from Portugal through southern, central and eastern Europe, Ukraine and southern Russia to eastern Siberia (Central Baikal) and across Asia Minor and the Caucasus to Iran and Kyrgyzstan; north to Central England (allegedly also recently detected in Ireland), Denmark, Latvia, Kirov; south to Sicily (also on Corsica, no evidence from Sardinia), Albania, Bulgaria (no evidence from Greece, Israel and Iran).
A. Bimaculata live in central... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Eyed Flower Bee sighting in Barcelona on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 336th most-seen of the 381 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.
May and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Eyed Flower Bee in Barcelona on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-Eyed Flower Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Green-Eyed Flower Bee sightings, Barcelona ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in London (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Warsaw (Poland, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-Eyed Flower Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Barcelona (5 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.
