Polistes rothneyi
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 107 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 765 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in September–October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Taipei's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain against 90 mm in February.
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.
8th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings, Taipei ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Zhengzhou (China, about 20%), Taichung (Taiwan, about 20%) and Wuhan (China, about 10%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Rothney's Paper Wasp that you can see in Taipei (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Giant Brown Paper Wasp (about 10%), Dark-Waisted Paper Wasp (about 10%) and Polistes tenebricosus (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 Taipei (107 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.
