Deltoptila elefas
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Elephant Volcano-Digger sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 297th most-seen of the 557 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elephant Volcano-Digger in Mexico City on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months.
Only Mexico City, in our data
Mexico City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elephant Volcano-Digger sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Apidae
The closest relatives of the Elephant Volcano-Digger that you can see in Mexico City (family Apidae, Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies) are Sonoran Bumble Bee (about 30%), Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee (about 20%) and Mesoamerican Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elephant Volcano-Digger is recorded against all the insects logged in Mexico City (19 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.
