Megachile inermis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Megachile inermis is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Provancher in 1888. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Unarmed Leafcutter Bee sighting in Riding Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 85th most-seen of the 104 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.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Unarmed Leafcutter Bee in Riding Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Riding Mountain National Park's wettest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Unarmed Leafcutter Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Riding Mountain National Park, in our data
Riding Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Unarmed Leafcutter Bee sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Unarmed Leafcutter Bee that you can see in Riding Mountain National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Tricolored Bumble Bee (about 30%), Perplexing Bumble Bee (about 20%) and Nevada Bumble Bee (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Unarmed Leafcutter Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Riding Mountain National Park (5 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.
