Sphex funerarius
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Sphex funerarius, the golden digger wasp, is a species of digger wasp of the family Sphecidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Digger Wasp sighting in Warsaw on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th most-seen of the 580 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Digger Wasp in Warsaw on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. That is one of Warsaw's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Digger 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 8 cities where we can rate Golden Digger Wasp sightings, Warsaw has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same family: Sphecidae
The closest relatives of the Golden Digger Wasp that you can see in Warsaw (family Sphecidae, Thread-waisted Wasps) are Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp (about 10%), Asian Mud-Dauber Wasp (about 10%) and Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Digger Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Warsaw (38 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.
