Polistes rothneyi
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp sighting in Kaohsiung on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 218 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp in Kaohsiung on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Kaohsiung's wettest months, with about 340 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in February.
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.
5th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings, Kaohsiung ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Zhengzhou (China, about 20%), Taichung (Taiwan, about 20%) and Wuhan (China, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rothney's Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaohsiung (26 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.
