Halictus farinosus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Halictus farinosus, the wide-striped sweat bee, is a species of ground-nesting sweat bee in the family Halictidae. The species is a primitively eusocial bee, of intermediate social strength when compared to other social species in the genus Halictus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wide-Striped Sweat 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 a Wide-Striped Sweat 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 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wide-Striped Sweat 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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Wide-Striped Sweat Bee sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Channel Islands National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Wide-Striped Sweat Bee that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee (about 40%), Western Black Carpenter Ant (about 30%) and Western Carpenter Bee (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wide-Striped Sweat 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.
