Polistes stigma
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Polistes stigma is a species of paper wasp from the Paleotropics. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Paper Wasp sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th most-seen of the 362 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Paper Wasp in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in July and August, the lowest months. That is one of Mumbai's driest months, with almost no rain against 830 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Tropical Paper Wasp sightings, Mumbai ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Raipur (India, about 20%) and Tuen Mun (China, about 10%).
Same family: Eumenidae
The closest relatives of the Tropical Paper Wasp that you can see in Mumbai (family Eumenidae) are Delta pyriforme (about 10%), Phimenes flavopictus (about 10%) and Delta conoideum (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (39 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.
