Megachile mystacea
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Megachile mystacea is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Megachile mystacea sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 745th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Megachile mystacea in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 380 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Megachile mystacea sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Megachile mystacea sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Megachile mystacea that you can see in Daintree National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Asian Weaver Ant (about 50%), Polyrhachis foreli (about 20%) and Leptomyrmex unicolor (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megachile mystacea is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
