Sphex subtruncatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | 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 Sphex subtruncatus sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 429th 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 to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sphex subtruncatus in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sphex subtruncatus sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Sphex subtruncatus sightings, Hong Kong ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Singapore (Singapore, about 10%).
Same genus: Sphex
The closest relatives of the Sphex subtruncatus that you can see in Hong Kong (genus Sphex) are Sphex sericeus (about 10%) and Sphex argentatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sphex subtruncatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (21 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.
