Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee

Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee

Bombus gerstaeckeri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Hohe Tauern National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

7 Verified sightings at Hohe Tauern National Park From 2019 to 2026
7 In 1 park
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee in Hohe Tauern National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee sighting in Hohe Tauern National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 165 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee in Hohe Tauern National Park?

November

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee in Hohe Tauern National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–June and September–October, the lowest months. December has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gerstaecker'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.

Where else can you see a Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee?

Only Hohe Tauern National Park, in our data

Hohe Tauern National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee live in Hohe Tauern National Park?

Same genus: Bombus

The closest relatives of the Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee that you can see in Hohe Tauern National Park (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Common Carder Bumble Bee (about 20%), Early Bumble Bee (about 20%) and Broken-Belted Bumble Bee (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Gerstaecker's Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Hohe Tauern National Park (7 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.

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