Polistes rothneyi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Polistes rothneyi is a species of paper wasp from China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. It is named after the collector George Alexander James Rothney. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 407th most-seen of the 1125 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.
June–July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in August–October and December–May, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
16th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings, Hong Kong ranks 16th at under 5%. The best odds are in Zhengzhou (China, about 20%), Taichung (Taiwan, about 20%) and Wuhan (China, about 10%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Rothney's Paper Wasp that you can see in Hong Kong (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Giant Brown Paper Wasp (about 10%) and Polistes japonicus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rothney's Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (22 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.
