Xylocopa flavorufa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Big Red Large Carpenter Bee sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 186th most-seen of the 316 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, April–May, July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Big Red Large Carpenter Bee in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, June, August–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Big Red Large Carpenter Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Big Red Large Carpenter Bee sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 20%) and Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same genus: Xylocopa
The closest relatives of the Big Red Large Carpenter Bee that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (genus Xylocopa, Large Carpenter Bees) are One-Striped Large Carpenter Bee (about 10%) and White-Sided Large Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Big Red Large Carpenter Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (9 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.
