Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp

Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp

Sapyga quinquepunctata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Birmingham

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

9 Verified sightings at Birmingham
June Best month

About the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp

Sapyga quinquepunctata is a species of sapygid wasp. It is a parasite of mason bees. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
2 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
3 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
4 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
<5%
5 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp in Birmingham?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 528th most-seen of the 811 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp in Birmingham?

May and June

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.

Is Birmingham the best place to see a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp?

2nd of 5

Of the 5 cities where we can rate Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp sightings, Birmingham ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp live in Birmingham?

Same order: Hymenoptera

The closest relatives of the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp that you can see in Birmingham (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Common Carder Bumble Bee (about 40%), Red-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 30%) and Early Bumble Bee (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (9 verified sightings), 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.

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