Eulaema polychroma
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Eulaema polychroma sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 130th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May, August and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Eulaema polychroma in Mexico City on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, June–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eulaema polychroma sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Eulaema polychroma sightings, Mexico City ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 10%), Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 10%) and Tegucigalpa (Honduras, about 10%).
Same family: Apidae
The closest relatives of the Eulaema polychroma 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 Eulaema polychroma is recorded against all the insects logged in Mexico City (55 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.
