Halictus scabiosae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Halictus scabiosae, the great banded furrow-bee, is a species of bee in the family Halictidae, the sweat bees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee sighting in Valencia, Spain on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 131st most-seen of the 147 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.
March and July–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee in Valencia, Spain on a given day, against under 5% in April–June and October–February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Banded Furrow 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.
12th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Great Banded Furrow Bee sightings, Valencia, Spain ranks 12th at about 10%. The best odds are in Lyon (France, about 20%), Paris (France, about 10%) and Munich (Germany, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Great Banded Furrow 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 Florentine Woolcarder Bee (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Banded Furrow Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Valencia, Spain (7 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.
