Megachile mystaceana
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Megachile mystaceana, the fire-tailed resin bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Charles Duncan Michener in 1962. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-Tailed Resin Bee sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 352nd most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-Tailed Resin Bee in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in April–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Brisbane's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in July.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fire-Tailed Resin Bee sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fire-Tailed Resin Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (32 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.
