Bombus sichelii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Sichel's bumblebee (Bombus sichelii) is a species of bumblebee. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sichel's Bumble Bee sighting in Yekaterinburg on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 155 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sichel's Bumble Bee in Yekaterinburg on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months. Those are among Yekaterinburg's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sichel's Bumble Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Sichel's Bumble Bee sightings, Yekaterinburg ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Novosibirsk (Russia, about 10%).
Same genus: Bombus
The closest relatives of the Sichel's Bumble Bee that you can see in Yekaterinburg (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Common Carder Bumble Bee (about 10%), Tree Bumble Bee (about 10%) and White-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sichel's Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Yekaterinburg (22 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.
