Polistes crinitus
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Polistes crinitus is a species of paper wasp most commonly found on Hispaniola, Jamaica and other, smaller Caribbean islands. Subspecies of P. crinitus include Polistes crinitus crinitus, Polistes crinitus americanus, and Polistes crinitus multicolor. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Caribbean Paper Wasp sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 74 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Caribbean Paper Wasp in Santo Domingo on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Caribbean Paper 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.
Only Santo Domingo, in our data
Santo Domingo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Caribbean Paper Wasp sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Caribbean Paper Wasp that you can see in Santo Domingo (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Greater Antillean Carpenter (about 20%), Blue-Eyed Ensign Wasp (about 20%) and Mischocyttarus phthisicus (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Caribbean Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Santo Domingo (38 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.
