Pepsis thisbe
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Pepsis thisbe, also known as Thisbe's tarantula-hawk wasp, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. Females are 32-44 mm long with a dark blue body and orange wings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Thisbe's Tarantula-Hawk Wasp sighting in Phoenix on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 126th most-seen of the 264 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.
April–May and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thisbe's Tarantula-Hawk Wasp in Phoenix on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thisbe's Tarantula-Hawk 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.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Thisbe's Tarantula-Hawk Wasp sightings, Phoenix has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Mesa (United States, under 5%) and Los Angeles (United States, under 5%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Thisbe's Tarantula-Hawk Wasp that you can see in Phoenix (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are California Digger Bee (about 10%), Southern Fire Ant (about 10%) and Valley Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thisbe's Tarantula-Hawk Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Phoenix (14 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.
