Podium rufipes
In 3 days ~10%
Podium rufipes is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It has an average length of 19 mm (0.75 in). Its body coloring is black with a tint of blue, and its legs are red with usually at least the basal fourth of the femora black. The females either repurpose an abandoned nest, including that of Sceliphron and wood-boring beetles, or builds a trap nest in wood. Their young are provisioned with paralyzed cockroach nymphs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Podium rufipes sighting in Houston on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 905th most-seen of the 1057 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Podium rufipes in Houston on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Podium rufipes sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Houston, in our data
Houston is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Podium rufipes sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Podium rufipes is recorded against all the insects logged in Houston (6 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.
