White-Cheeked Carpenter

White-Cheeked Carpenter

Xylocopa aestuans

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Singapore

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

344 Verified sightings at Singapore
July Best month

About the White-Cheeked Carpenter

Xylocopa aestuans, or Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aestuans, is a species of carpenter bee. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It is a large bee, measuring more than 20mm in length. Historically, Xylocopa pubescens has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of aestuans. The two taxa have different distributions, with X. aestuans restricted to Southeast Asia, while X. pubescens occurs throughout most of Africa and eastward as far as the entire region of South Asia. There are also very clear, but subtle differences in the morphology of females and males. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Surakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
2 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
3 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
4 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
5 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%
6 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
7 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a White-Cheeked Carpenter in Singapore?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Cheeked Carpenter sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 344 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 1045 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a White-Cheeked Carpenter in Singapore?

July

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-Cheeked Carpenter in Singapore on a given day, against about 10% in August to June, the lowest months.

Is Singapore the best place to see a White-Cheeked Carpenter?

5th of 7

Of the 7 cities where we can rate White-Cheeked Carpenter sightings, Singapore ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Surakarta (Indonesia, about 20%), Denpasar (Indonesia, about 20%) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 20%).

Where does the White-Cheeked Carpenter sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the White-Cheeked Carpenter is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (344 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.

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