Great Banded Furrow Bee

Great Banded Furrow Bee

Halictus scabiosae

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Porto

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

17 Verified sightings at Porto
99 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Great Banded Furrow Bee

Halictus scabiosae, the great banded furrow-bee, is a species of bee in the family Halictidae, the sweat bees. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~20%
2 Paris 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Cologne 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Algiers 🇩🇿 Algeria
~10%
6 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
7 Turin 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
8 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
9 Brussels 🇧🇪 Belgium
~10%
10 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Great Banded Furrow Bee in Porto?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 255th most-seen of the 498 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.

When is the best time to see a Great Banded Furrow Bee in Porto?

May, July–August and November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in June, September–October and December–April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Great Banded Furrow Bee?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Banded Furrow Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Porto the best place to see a Great Banded Furrow Bee?

17th of 18

Of the 18 cities where we can rate Great Banded Furrow Bee sightings, Porto ranks 17th at about 10%. The best odds are in Lyon (France, about 20%), Paris (France, about 10%) and Munich (Germany, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Great Banded Furrow Bee live in Porto?

Same order: Hymenoptera

The closest relatives of the Great Banded Furrow Bee that you can see in Porto (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Yellow-Legged Hornet (about 20%), Buff-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 10%) and European Hornet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Great Banded Furrow Bee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Great Banded Furrow Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (17 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.

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