Bombus trifasciatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Bombus trifasciatus is a species of bumblebee commonly known as three-striped bumblebee. It is native to South Asia with additional observations in China, Thailand and Taiwan. Bombus trifasciatus is a co-mimetic species of Bombus breviceps. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Striped Bumble Bee sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 240th most-seen of the 447 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Striped Bumble Bee in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and October–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Three-Striped Bumble 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.
Only Taroko National Park, in our data
Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Three-Striped Bumble Bee sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Bombus
The closest relatives of the Three-Striped Bumble Bee that you can see in Taroko National Park (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Taiwan Bumble Bee (about 30%), Sonan's Bumble Bee (about 20%) and Bicoloured Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Three-Striped Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (8 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.
