Anthophora urbana
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Anthophora urbana, the urbane digger bee, is a species of anthophorine bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America. These solitary bees are black with gray hairs, including gray bands around the abdomen. They reach 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) in length.
A subspecies of this bee (A. urbana clementina) can be found on San Clemente Island. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Urbane Digger Bee sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 95th most-seen of the 161 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.
June to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Urbane Digger Bee in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Urbane Digger 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 Urbane Digger Bee sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yosemite National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Apidae
The closest relatives of the Urbane Digger Bee that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (family Apidae, Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies) are Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee (about 40%), Western Carpenter Bee (about 20%) and Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Urbane Digger Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (7 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.
