Xylocopa frontalis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Xylocopa frontalis, also known by its common name ridge-browed carpenter, is a species of carpenter bee (genus Xylocopa). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Xylocopa frontalis sighting in Salvador on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 42 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and December–January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Xylocopa frontalis in Salvador on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May, August and October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xylocopa frontalis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Xylocopa frontalis sightings, Salvador has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come São Luís (Brazil, about 20%) and Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Apidae
The closest relatives of the Xylocopa frontalis that you can see in Salvador (family Apidae, Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies) are Narrow Stingless Bee (about 30%), Spiny-Legged Stingless Bee (about 30%) and Brazilian Robust-Stingless Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xylocopa frontalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Salvador (10 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.
