Hoplitis biscutellae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Hoplitis biscutellae is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Creosote Small-Mason sighting in Death Valley National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 71st most-seen of the 108 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Creosote Small-Mason in Death Valley National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to February, the lowest months. That is one of Death Valley National Park's wettest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 5 mm in June.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Creosote Small-Mason sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Death Valley National Park, in our data
Death Valley National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Creosote Small-Mason sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Creosote Small-Mason that you can see in Death Valley National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Messor pergandei (about 40%), Habropoda pallida (about 10%) and California Harvester Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Creosote Small-Mason is recorded against all the insects logged in Death Valley National Park (14 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.
