Sphex funerarius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Sphex funerarius, the golden digger wasp, is a species of digger wasp of the family Sphecidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Digger Wasp sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 186th most-seen of the 753 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Digger Wasp in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Digger Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Golden Digger Wasp sightings, Kyiv ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same family: Sphecidae
The closest relatives of the Golden Digger Wasp that you can see in Kyiv (family Sphecidae, Thread-waisted Wasps) are Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp (about 10%) and Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Digger Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Kyiv (25 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.
