Polistes rothneyi
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Polistes rothneyi is a species of paper wasp from China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. It is named after the collector George Alexander James Rothney. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp sighting in Nanjing on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 71st most-seen of the 272 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp in Nanjing on a given day, against under 5% in December to February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings, Nanjing ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Zhengzhou (China, about 20%), Taichung (Taiwan, about 20%) and Wuhan (China, about 10%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Rothney's Paper Wasp that you can see in Nanjing (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Polistes snelleni (about 10%) and Dark-Waisted Paper Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rothney's Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Nanjing (20 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.
