Anthidium florentinum
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Anthidium florentinum, one of several European wool carder bees, is a territorial species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Florentine Woolcarder Bee sighting in Istanbul on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th most-seen of the 266 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.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Florentine Woolcarder Bee in Istanbul on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. That is one of Istanbul's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 90 mm in December.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Florentine Woolcarder 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.
12th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Florentine Woolcarder Bee sightings, Istanbul ranks 12th at about 10%. The best odds are in Athens (Greece, about 20%), Turin (Italy, about 20%) and Ankara (Turkey, about 20%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Florentine Woolcarder Bee that you can see in Istanbul (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Oriental Hornet (about 20%), Schmidt's Cocktail Ant (about 20%) and German Yellowjacket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Florentine Woolcarder Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Istanbul (28 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.
