Pygodasis ephippium
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Saddleback Scoliid Wasp sighting in San Luis Potosí on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 47th most-seen of the 91 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Saddleback Scoliid Wasp in San Luis Potosí on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, June and September–November, the lowest months. Those are among San Luis Potosí's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Saddleback Scoliid 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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Saddleback Scoliid Wasp sightings, San Luis Potosí ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Quito (Ecuador, about 20%), León (México, about 20%) and Puebla (México, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Saddleback Scoliid Wasp that you can see in San Luis Potosí (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Sonoran Bumble Bee (about 20%), Chicatana Leafcutter Ant (about 10%) and Longhorn Crazy Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Saddleback Scoliid Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in San Luis Potosí (12 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.
