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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | 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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Big Red Large Carpenter Bee sighting in Lusaka on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 72 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Big Red Large Carpenter Bee in Lusaka on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, the lowest months. That is one of Lusaka's driest months, with almost no rain against 210 mm in January.
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.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Big Red Large Carpenter Bee sightings, Lusaka has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Nairobi (Kenya, about 10%) and Durban (South Africa, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Big Red Large Carpenter Bee that you can see in Lusaka (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Polistes badius (about 20%), Dr Brauns's Sugar Ant (about 20%) and Camponotus chrysurus (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 Lusaka (8 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.
