Xylocopa flavorufa
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Big Red Large Carpenter Bee sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Big Red Large Carpenter Bee in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in January and August, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Big Red Large Carpenter Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Big Red Large Carpenter Bee sightings, Durban ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 20%) and Nairobi (Kenya, about 10%).
Same genus: Xylocopa
The closest relatives of the Big Red Large Carpenter Bee that you can see in Durban (genus Xylocopa, Large Carpenter Bees) are Double-Banded Carpenter Bee (about 10%) and One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Big Red Large Carpenter Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (46 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.
