Polybia ruficeps
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Headed Polybia Wasp sighting in Mendoza on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 47 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Headed Polybia Wasp in Mendoza on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, June, August and December, the lowest months. That is one of Mendoza's wettest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 10 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Headed Polybia Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Red-Headed Polybia Wasp sightings, Mendoza has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Fortaleza (Brazil, about 20%) and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Red-Headed Polybia Wasp that you can see in Mendoza (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Camponotus mus (about 20%), Blue-Eyed Ensign Wasp (about 20%) and Xylocopa augusti (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Headed Polybia Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Mendoza (12 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.
