Xylocopa tenuiscapa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Xylocopa tenuiscapa is a species of carpenter bee found only in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. Like most bees, X. tenuiscapa has a diurnal activity cycle, but in the Western Ghats of Southern India, the species flies in moonlit nights and has been observed as pollinator of nocturnally flowering trees. Males of the species perch on exposed sites close to nests or in the landscape waiting for occasions to mate.
Animal Diversity Web ITIS Report Ruggiero M. (project leader), Ascher J. et al. (2013). ITIS Bees: World Bee Checklist (version Sep 2009). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col/. Species 2000: Reading, UK. John Ascher, Connal Eardley, Terry Griswold, Gabriel Melo, Andrew Polaszek, Michael Ruggiero, Paul Williams, Ken Walker, and Natapot Warrit. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee sighting in Chennai on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 117th most-seen of the 376 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee in Chennai on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender-Scaped Carpenter 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.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee sightings, Chennai ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bengaluru (India, about 10%) and Pune (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Xylocopa
The closest relatives of the Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee that you can see in Chennai (genus Xylocopa, Large Carpenter Bees) are Windowed Carpenter (about 10%), Yellow-Headed Carpenter (about 10%) and Golden-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Chennai (23 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.
