Ammophila pictipennis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Ammophila pictipennis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae, found in the eastern half of North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ammophila pictipennis sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 238th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June–September and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ammophila pictipennis in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May and October, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ammophila pictipennis sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Everglades National Park, in our data
Everglades National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ammophila pictipennis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphecidae
The closest relatives of the Ammophila pictipennis that you can see in Everglades National Park (family Sphecidae, Thread-waisted Wasps) are Yellow-Legged Mud-Dauber Wasp (about 10%), Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp (about 10%) and Jamaican Digger Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ammophila pictipennis is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (12 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.
