Polistes arizonensis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Arizona Paper Wasp sighting in Mesa on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 161st most-seen of the 232 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.
February and June–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Arizona Paper Wasp in Mesa on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and October–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arizona Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mesa, in our data
Mesa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Arizona Paper Wasp sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Arizona Paper Wasp that you can see in Mesa (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Golden Paper Wasp (about 10%) and Yellow Paper Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arizona Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Mesa (10 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.
