Apiomerus flaviventris
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Apiomerus flaviventris, a bee assassin bug (often called the yellow-bellied bee assassin), is an insect that feeds on bees. It is found in arid and semiarid southwestern North America. This bee assassin is known to extract plant resins and apply them as defensive chemicals to its eggs, protecting the eggs from predation, especially by ants, but possibly also other species. Females of A. flaviventris collect resin from brittlebush, Encelia farinosa Gray ex Torr. (Asteraceae). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Bellied Bee Assassin sighting in Phoenix on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 264 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Bellied Bee Assassin in Phoenix on a given day, against under 5% in November to March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Bellied Bee Assassin sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Yellow-Bellied Bee Assassin sightings, Phoenix ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Mesa (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Reduviidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Bellied Bee Assassin that you can see in Phoenix (family Reduviidae, Assassin Bugs) are Leafhopper Assassin Bug (about 10%) and Four-Spurred Assassin Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Bellied Bee Assassin is recorded against all the insects logged in Phoenix (44 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.
