Bombus rupestris
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Bombus rupestris is a species of cuckoo bumblebee present in most of Europe except Iceland. In the Balkans it is found in montane and alpine habitats northwards from Central Greece. It is also found in Turkey. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 4 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 6 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sighting in Saint Petersburg on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 97th most-seen of the 448 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 and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Saint Petersburg on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–May, the lowest months. Those are among Saint Petersburg's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in February.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sightings, Saint Petersburg ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%), Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Minsk (Belarus, about 10%).
Same genus: Bombus
The closest relatives of the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee that you can see in Saint Petersburg (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Tree Bumble Bee (about 10%) and Red-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Saint Petersburg (29 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.
