#3550 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Great Banded Furrow Bee

🇳🇱 Breedbandgroefbij ·Halictus scabiosae

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Alain C. · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Voerendaal, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
6. Nijmegen-Midden, Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Tia l'Amie · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 6515 Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
8. 6287 Eys, Nederland:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Halictus scabiosae , the Great Banded Furrow-bee or Honey Bee-sized Halictus , is a species of bee in the family Halictidae, the sweat bees.

base stats

NL sightings 98iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,043iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 98 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #48 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
19,043 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pietro Rossi in 1790 (236 years ago).