Podium rufipes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Podium rufipes is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It has an average length of 19 mm (0.75 in). Its body coloring is black with a tint of blue, and its legs are red with usually at least the basal fourth of the femora black. The females either repurpose an abandoned nest, including that of Sceliphron and wood-boring beetles, or builds a trap nest in wood. Their young are provisioned with paralyzed cockroach nymphs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Podium rufipes sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 396th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Podium rufipes in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–July and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Podium rufipes 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 Podium rufipes sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphecidae
The closest relatives of the Podium rufipes 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 Podium rufipes is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (6 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.
