Polistes badius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Polistes badius is a species of social paper wasp from the subgenus Polistes found in Africa and Yemen. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes badius sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 152nd most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, April, June–July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes badius in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in March, May, August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polistes badius sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Polistes badius sightings, Durban ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 20%), Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%) and Pretoria (South Africa, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Polistes badius that you can see in Durban (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Big Red Large Carpenter Bee (about 10%), Double-Banded Carpenter Bee (about 10%) and Natal Droptail Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polistes badius is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (14 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.
