Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee

Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee

Trichocolletes venustus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Sydney

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

14 Verified sightings at Sydney
August Best month

About the Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee

Trichocolletes venustus is a species of bee in the family Colletidae and the subfamily Colletinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1862 by English entomologist Frederick Smith. 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 Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee in Sydney?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 492nd most-seen of the 742 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.

When is the best time to see an Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee in Sydney?

August

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months.

Where else can you see an Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee?

Only Sydney, in our data

Sydney is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (14 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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