Eulaema cingulata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Eulaema cingulata is a large-bodied black and orange corbiculate bee in the genus Eulaema. It is characterized by its size and flashy orange segments of its metastoma. Unlike other Eulaema, E. cingulata has white markings on its face. Specifically, T1 andT3 are black while T2 and T4 through T7 are cream or slightly orange in color. These bees are easily mistaken for bumblebees (Bombus spp.). However, they are actually members of the Euglossini, or orchid bees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 8 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Belted Orchid Bee sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Belted Orchid Bee in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to January, the lowest months. That is one of Piedras Blancas National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 650 mm in October.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Belted Orchid 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.
2nd of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Belted Orchid Bee sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 20%).
Same family: Apidae
The closest relatives of the Belted Orchid Bee that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (family Apidae, Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies) are Red-Tailed Stingless Bee (about 10%), Ziegler's Stingless Bee (about 10%) and Eufriesea pulchra (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Belted Orchid Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (10 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.
