Polistes flavus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Polistes flavus, also known as the yellow paper wasp, is a species of paper wasp in the family Vespidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Paper Wasp sighting in Phoenix on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 100th 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.
May–June, August–September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Paper Wasp in Phoenix on a given day, against under 5% in January–April, July and October–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow 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.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Yellow Paper Wasp sightings, Phoenix ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Mesa (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Phoenix (21 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.
