Halictus farinosus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 San Diego on a given day, based on 83 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 134th most-seen of the 693 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wide-Striped Sweat Bee in San Diego on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months. Those are among San Diego's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 55 mm in February.
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.
Among the best
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Wide-Striped Sweat Bee sightings, San Diego ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Salt Lake City (United States, under 5%).
Same genus: Halictus
The closest relatives of the Wide-Striped Sweat Bee that you can see in San Diego (genus Halictus, Furrow Bees) are Tripartite Sweat Bee (about 10%) and Ligated Furrow 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 San Diego (83 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.
