Polistes stigma
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Polistes stigma is a species of paper wasp from the Paleotropics. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Paper Wasp sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 613th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Paper Wasp in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in May and August–March, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 190 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 Tropical Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Tropical Paper Wasp sightings, Hong Kong ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Raipur (India, about 20%), Tuen Mun (China, about 10%) and Mumbai (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Tropical 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 Tropical Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (13 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.
