Anthidium oblongatum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Anthidium oblongatum, the oblong woolcarder bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees. It is native to Eurasia and north Africa, and has also been introduced to North America.
This species is found in Eurasia from Portugal via southern, central and eastern Europe, Ukraine, southern Russia and Siberia (east to Tuva) as well as via Asia Minor, the Caucasus to the Central Asian mountains and, if the information from Wu (2006) applies, to Inner Mongolia. In Europe, it is found northwards to the Netherlands, Brandenburg, central Poland and Belarus; south to Sicily (not in Corsica and Sardinia), Thessaly (not in Crete and Cyprus), Iran and Afghanistan. It has also been reported in Morocco. It was found introduced to the eastern United States in 1995, and can now be found throughout northeastern North America, Colorado, Utah, and the Pacific Northwest of North America.
A. oblongatum prefers warm and dry locations such as flowering grasslands, hedges, and dry stone walls. It can also be found in ruderal sites such as weathering heaps, road embankments, railway embankments, flood dams, also in the settlement area... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Oblong Woolcarder Bee sighting in Portland on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 164th most-seen of the 507 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.
June to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oblong Woolcarder Bee in Portland on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Portland's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in December.
11th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Oblong Woolcarder Bee sightings, Portland ranks 11th at under 5%. The best odds are in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] (United States, about 10%), Toronto (Canada, about 10%) and Seattle (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oblong Woolcarder Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Portland (35 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.
