Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp

Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp

Sapyga quinquepunctata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Liverpool

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

9 Verified sightings at Liverpool
May Best month

About the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp

Sapyga quinquepunctata is a species of sapygid wasp. It is a parasite of mason bees. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

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Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
2 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
3 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
4 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
<5%
5 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp in Liverpool?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp sighting in Liverpool on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 480th most-seen of the 632 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp in Liverpool?

May–June and August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp in Liverpool on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–April, the lowest months.

Is Liverpool the best place to see a Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp?

Yes

Of the 5 cities where we can rate Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp sightings, Liverpool has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Birmingham (United Kingdom, under 5%) and London (United Kingdom, under 5%).

Which relatives of the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp live in Liverpool?

Same order: Hymenoptera

The closest relatives of the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp that you can see in Liverpool (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Common Carder Bumble Bee (about 40%), Red-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 40%) and Buff-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Five-Spotted Club-Horned Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Liverpool (9 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.

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