Bombus medius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Bombus medius is a species of bumblebee. It is native to Mexico and Central America. This species lives in lower montane rainforest and cloud forest. It lives in protected areas containing natural forest remnants in areas where habitat has been lost. It does not occur in surrounding regions where intensive agriculture has spread. Habitat has also been lost to logging, mining, pollution, and human settlement. Some nests have been found in overgrown areas once cleared for agricultural purposes.
This bee creates its nest underground, in very shallow holes. It may use abandoned rodent burrows, sometimes with debris inside. The colonies are small; a nest noted in the literature had 27 workers. The eggs and larvae rest in a bed of moist pollen. Once the young emerge from their cocoons, the old cocoon shells are enlarged with wax and used to store honey. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
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No species of the same family or order lives in La Tigra National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Middle-Striped Bumble Bee sighting in La Tigra National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 6 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.
April–September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Middle-Striped Bumble Bee in La Tigra National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Middle-Striped Bumble 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.
Only La Tigra National Park, in our data
La Tigra National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Middle-Striped Bumble Bee sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Middle-Striped Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in La Tigra National Park (21 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.
