Halictus scabiosae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Halictus scabiosae, the great banded furrow-bee, is a species of bee in the family Halictidae, the sweat bees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee sighting in Rome on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 187th most-seen of the 289 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, 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 a Great Banded Furrow Bee in Rome on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Rome's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in November.
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.
16th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Great Banded Furrow Bee sightings, Rome ranks 16th at about 10%. The best odds are in Lyon (France, about 20%), Paris (France, about 10%) and Munich (Germany, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Great Banded Furrow Bee that you can see in Rome (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Oriental Hornet (about 30%), Mediterranean Acrobat Ant (about 20%) and European Hornet (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Banded Furrow Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Rome (7 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.
