Xylocopa flavicollis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 298 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.
February–May and September–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and June–August, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most One-Striped Large Carpenter 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 3 parks where we can rate One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee sightings, Garden Route National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same genus: Xylocopa
The closest relatives of the One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee that you can see in Garden Route National Park (genus Xylocopa, Large Carpenter Bees) are Big Red Large Carpenter Bee (about 20%) and Double-Banded Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (27 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.
