Ropalidia marginata
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Ropalidia marginata is an Old World species of paper wasp. It is primitively eusocial, not showing the same bias in brood care seen in other social insects with greater asymmetry in relatedness. The species employs a variety of colony founding strategies, sometimes with single founders and sometimes in groups of variable number. The queen does not use physical dominance to control workers; there is evidence of pheromones being used to suppress other female workers from overtaking queenship.
R. marginata was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793 under the name Vespa ferruginea, but that name was previously applied to a different species, so the oldest available name for the species was given by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier in 1836. One of its subspecies, R. marginata jocund from New Guinea and Australia, was described in 1898, and two others, R. marginata rufitarsis from Myanmar and R. marginata sundaica from Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula, were described in 1941. R. marginata is an insect, having six legs. It is in the order Hymenoptera, containing wasps, ants and bees. It is in the family Vespidae, with wasps, yellow jackets, and... Wikipedia →
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ropalidia marginata sighting in Nagpur on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 17 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.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Ropalidia marginata in Nagpur on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May, August–September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Nagpur's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 310 mm in July.
Yes
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Ropalidia marginata sightings, Nagpur has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Chennai (India, about 20%) and Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (Sri Lanka, about 20%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Ropalidia marginata that you can see in Nagpur (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Asian Weaver Ant (about 40%) and Indian Black Ant (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ropalidia marginata is recorded against all the insects logged in Nagpur (5 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.
