Hemipepsis tamisieri
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hemipepsis tamisieri is a species of afrotropical pepsid spider wasp, one of the so-called tarantula hawks because its preferred prey are tarantulas of the family Theraphosidae. Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hemipepsis tamisieri sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 225th most-seen of the 274 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.
January–February, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hemipepsis tamisieri in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in March–August, October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Pretoria's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Only Pretoria, in our data
Pretoria is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hemipepsis tamisieri sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Hemipepsis tamisieri that you can see in Pretoria (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Double-Banded Carpenter Bee (about 20%), Natal Droptail Ant (about 10%) and Ropalidia distigma (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hemipepsis tamisieri is recorded against all the insects logged in Pretoria (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.
