Svastra obliqua
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Svastra obliqua, the sunflower bee, is a species of long-horned bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oblique Longhorn Bee sighting in Sacramento on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 145th most-seen of the 386 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 an Oblique Longhorn Bee in Sacramento on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Sacramento's driest months, with almost no rain against 120 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oblique Longhorn Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Oblique Longhorn Bee sightings, Sacramento ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Phoenix (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Apidae
The closest relatives of the Oblique Longhorn Bee that you can see in Sacramento (family Apidae, Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies) are Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee (about 50%), Valley Carpenter Bee (about 40%) and Black-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oblique Longhorn Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Sacramento (26 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.
