Polistes rothneyi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
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 Tokyo on a given day, based on 73 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 185th most-seen of the 1013 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.
April to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rothney's Paper Wasp in Tokyo on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months.
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.
15th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Rothney's Paper Wasp sightings, Tokyo ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Zhengzhou (China, about 20%), Taichung (Taiwan, about 20%) and Wuhan (China, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rothney's Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Tokyo (73 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.
