What are the chances of seeing a Ropalidia timida in Singapore?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ropalidia timida sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 76 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 281st most-seen of the 1045 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Ropalidia timida in Singapore?
May and August–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ropalidia timida in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and June–July, the lowest months.
Where else can you see a Ropalidia timida?
Only Singapore, in our data
Singapore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ropalidia timida sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Ropalidia timida live in Singapore?
Same genus: Ropalidia
The closest relatives of the Ropalidia timida that you can see in Singapore (genus Ropalidia, Small Brown Paper Wasps) are Ropalidia sumatrae (about 20%), Ropalidia stigma (about 10%) and Ropalidia jacobsoni (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Ropalidia timida sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ropalidia timida is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (76 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.