Bombus rupestris
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Bombus rupestris is a species of cuckoo bumblebee present in most of Europe except Iceland. In the Balkans it is found in montane and alpine habitats northwards from Central Greece. It is also found in Turkey. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 4 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 6 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 138th most-seen of the 838 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sightings, Helsinki has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Minsk (Belarus, about 10%).
Same genus: Bombus
The closest relatives of the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee that you can see in Helsinki (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Tree Bumble Bee (about 20%), Common Carder Bumble Bee (about 20%) and Red-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (40 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.
