Xylocopa frontalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Xylocopa frontalis, also known by its common name ridge-browed carpenter, is a species of carpenter bee (genus Xylocopa). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xylocopa frontalis sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 49th most-seen of the 226 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, October and December–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Xylocopa frontalis in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in May and September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xylocopa frontalis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Xylocopa frontalis sightings, Porto Alegre ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Salvador (Brazil, about 20%) and São Luís (Brazil, about 20%).
Same genus: Xylocopa
The closest relatives of the Xylocopa frontalis that you can see in Porto Alegre (genus Xylocopa, Large Carpenter Bees) are Xylocopa augusti (about 10%) and Xylocopa nigrocincta (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xylocopa frontalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto Alegre (23 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.
