Pygodasis ephippium
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Saddleback Scoliid Wasp sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 132nd most-seen of the 431 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April, June–September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Saddleback Scoliid Wasp in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Saddleback Scoliid Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Saddleback Scoliid Wasp sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 10%) and Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Saddleback Scoliid Wasp that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant (about 20%), Chicatana Leafcutter Ant (about 10%) and Pachycondyla villosa (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Saddleback Scoliid Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (20 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
