Polistes tenebricosus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 3 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes tenebricosus sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 160th most-seen of the 765 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes tenebricosus in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polistes tenebricosus 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 3 cities where we can rate Polistes tenebricosus sightings, Taipei ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Polistes tenebricosus that you can see in Taipei (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Giant Brown Paper Wasp (about 10%), Rothney's Paper Wasp (about 10%) and Dark-Waisted Paper Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polistes tenebricosus is recorded against all the insects logged in Taipei (74 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.
