Halictus farinosus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Halictus farinosus, the wide-striped sweat bee, is a species of ground-nesting sweat bee in the family Halictidae. The species is a primitively eusocial bee, of intermediate social strength when compared to other social species in the genus Halictus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Wide-Striped Sweat Bee sighting in Salt Lake City on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 139th most-seen of the 242 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 to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wide-Striped Sweat Bee in Salt Lake City on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Salt Lake City's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 70 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wide-Striped Sweat 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.
Yes
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Wide-Striped Sweat Bee sightings, Salt Lake City has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come San Diego (United States, under 5%) and Sacramento (United States, under 5%).
Same genus: Halictus
The closest relatives of the Wide-Striped Sweat Bee that you can see in Salt Lake City (genus Halictus, Furrow 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 Wide-Striped Sweat Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Salt Lake City (11 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.
