Polistes olivaceus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Polistes olivaceus, also known as the yellow oriental paper wasp or Macao paper wasp, is a species of paper wasp. In the Cook Islands, it is known in English simply as the yellow paper wasp, while its Cook Island Maori name is "Rango Patia" or other variation depending on the island. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sighting in Kolkata on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 70th 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
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp in Kolkata on a given day, against under 5% in December to February, the lowest months. That is one of Kolkata's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain against 10 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sightings, Kolkata ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Hanoi (Vietnam, about 40%), Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 30%) and Tuen Mun (China, about 10%).
Same family: Eumenidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp that you can see in Kolkata (family Eumenidae) are Phimenes flavopictus (about 10%) and Delta pyriforme (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Kolkata (27 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.
