Anthidium florentinum
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Anthidium florentinum, one of several European wool carder bees, is a territorial species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Florentine Woolcarder Bee sighting in Valencia, Spain on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 25th most-seen of the 147 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Florentine Woolcarder Bee in Valencia, Spain on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. That is one of Valencia, Spain's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 50 mm in September.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Florentine Woolcarder Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Florentine Woolcarder Bee sightings, Valencia, Spain ranks 4th at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Athens (Greece, about 20%), Turin (Italy, about 20%) and Ankara (Turkey, about 20%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Florentine Woolcarder Bee that you can see in Valencia, Spain (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Blue-Eyed Ensign Wasp (about 20%), Barbary Harvester Ant (about 20%) and Violet Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Florentine Woolcarder Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Valencia, Spain (42 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.
