Polistes stigma
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Polistes stigma is a species of paper wasp from the Paleotropics. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Paper Wasp sighting in Tuen Mun on a given day, based on 53 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 102nd 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.
June and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Paper Wasp in Tuen Mun on a given day, against under 5% in September–October and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Tuen Mun's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Tropical Paper Wasp sightings, Tuen Mun ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Raipur (India, about 20%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Tropical Paper Wasp that you can see in Tuen Mun (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Giant Brown Paper Wasp (about 20%), Yellow Oriental 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 Tropical Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Tuen Mun (53 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.
