Polistes rothneyi
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Polistes rothneyi is a species of paper wasp from China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. It is named after the collector George Alexander James Rothney. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp sighting in Taichung on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 197 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp in Taichung on a given day, against under 5% in January and September–November, the lowest months. Those are among Taichung's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings, Taichung ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Zhengzhou (China, about 20%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Rothney's Paper Wasp that you can see in Taichung (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Polistes shirakii (about 10%) and Giant Brown Paper Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rothney's Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Taichung (60 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.
