Bombus ignitus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Bombus ignitus is a species of bumblebee in the family Apidae. It is mainly distributed in Eastern Asia, commonly found in China, Japan and Korea. It is used in China and Japan commercially as a pollinator. B. ignitus is a eusocial insect with a queen that is monandrous: mating with only one male in the late summer before hibernating until the following spring. It builds its nest out of a mass of pollen and lays its eggs after completion. Due to numerous conflicts between queens and fertile workers, some surviving queens are badly injured, described by some as living corpses.
Bombus ignitus is part of the order Hymenoptera, which is the third largest order of insects. It is a member of the family Apidae, consisting of bees, and the subfamily Apinae, which contains the majority of species within Apidae. The subfamily Apinae consists of 14 tribes, including the tribe Bombini, which B. ignitus is a part of. Bombini contains a single living genus Bombus. B. ignitus can be further classified into the subgenus Bombus sensu stricto, or Bombus in the sense of the original author.
The species name ignitus is a Latin adjective, meaning "containing fire." Bombus... Wikipedia →
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About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee sighting in Seoul on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 152nd most-seen of the 525 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee in Seoul on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months. Those are among Seoul's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in January.
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Of the 2 cities where we can rate Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee sightings, Seoul has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Beijing (China, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fiery-Tailed Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Seoul (20 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.
