Halictus scabiosae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Halictus scabiosae, the great banded furrow-bee, is a species of bee in the family Halictidae, the sweat bees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 415th most-seen of the 1277 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 and June–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Banded Furrow Bee in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and November–March, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Banded Furrow 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.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Great Banded Furrow Bee sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Great Banded Furrow Bee that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Common Carder Bumble Bee (about 20%), Yellow-Legged Hornet (about 10%) and Mossy Rose Gall Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Banded Furrow Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées 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.
