Polistes badius
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 Johannesburg on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 213 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes badius in Johannesburg on a given day, against about 10% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Johannesburg's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in December.
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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Polistes badius sightings, Johannesburg ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polistes badius is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (36 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.
