Xylocopa tenuiscapa
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Xylocopa tenuiscapa is a species of carpenter bee found only in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. Like most bees, X. tenuiscapa has a diurnal activity cycle, but in the Western Ghats of Southern India, the species flies in moonlit nights and has been observed as pollinator of nocturnally flowering trees. Males of the species perch on exposed sites close to nests or in the landscape waiting for occasions to mate.
Animal Diversity Web ITIS Report Ruggiero M. (project leader), Ascher J. et al. (2013). ITIS Bees: World Bee Checklist (version Sep 2009). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col/. Species 2000: Reading, UK. John Ascher, Connal Eardley, Terry Griswold, Gabriel Melo, Andrew Polaszek, Michael Ruggiero, Paul Williams, Ken Walker, and Natapot Warrit. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee sighting in Minneriya National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee in Minneriya National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee sightings, Minneriya National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 20%) and Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender-Scaped Carpenter Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Minneriya National Park (26 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.
