Megachile chrysorrhoea
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Megachile chrysorrhoea is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Megachile chrysorrhoea sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 180th most-seen of the 213 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.
March, May, August and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Megachile chrysorrhoea in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, June–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Megachile chrysorrhoea sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Johannesburg, in our data
Johannesburg is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Megachile chrysorrhoea sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Megachile chrysorrhoea that you can see in Johannesburg (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Double-Banded Carpenter Bee (about 20%), Polistes badius (about 10%) and Ropalidia distigma (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megachile chrysorrhoea is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (6 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.
