Polistes gigas
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | 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 Giant Brown Paper Wasp sighting in Tuen Mun on a given day, based on 59 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 557 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Brown Paper Wasp in Tuen Mun on a given day, against about 10% in January–April, July and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Giant Brown Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Giant Brown Paper Wasp sightings, Tuen Mun has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Fuzhou (China, about 10%) and Hong Kong (China, about 10%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Giant Brown Paper Wasp that you can see in Tuen Mun (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp (about 10%), Tropical Paper Wasp (about 10%) and Banded Paper Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Giant Brown Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Tuen Mun (59 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.
