Polistes olivaceus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Polistes olivaceus, also known as the yellow oriental paper wasp or Macao paper wasp, is a species of paper wasp. In the Cook Islands, it is known in English simply as the yellow paper wasp, while its Cook Island Maori name is "Rango Patia" or other variation depending on the island. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sighting in Tuen Mun on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 93rd 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.
July and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp in Tuen Mun on a given day, against about 10% in October to June, the lowest months. Those are among Tuen Mun's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sightings, Tuen Mun ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Hanoi (Vietnam, about 40%) and Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 30%).
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp that you can see in Tuen Mun (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are Giant Brown Paper Wasp (about 20%), 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 Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Tuen Mun (57 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.
