Agapostemon virescens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Agapostemon virescens, the bicolored striped sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. It is found in North America, and is the official bee of the city of Toronto. Like other species in its genus, A. virescens nests underground, in aggregations wherein multiple females share a single burrow. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee sighting in Salt Lake City on a given day, based on 59 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 47th most-seen of the 242 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee in Salt Lake City on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. That is one of Salt Lake City's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 70 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 14
Of the 14 cities where we can rate Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee sightings, Salt Lake City ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Boston (United States, about 20%), Minneapolis [Saint Paul] (United States, about 20%) and Toronto (Canada, about 10%).
Same family: Halictidae
The closest relatives of the Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee that you can see in Salt Lake City (family Halictidae, Sweat Bees) are Ligated Furrow Bee (about 10%), Orange-Legged Furrow Bee (about 10%) and Tripartite Sweat Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Salt Lake City (59 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.
