Sceliphron asiaticum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Sceliphron asiaticum is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is native to the Neotropics, from Panama into South America and the islands of Trinidad, Aruba, and Curaçao. The adult S. asiaticum has a black head, a black thorax with yellow bands, an elongated waist and a black abdomen, apart from the first abdominal segment which is yellow. The antennae are black, the wings membranous, and the legs yellow and black.
In Trinidad, the two wasps S. asiaticum and S. fistularium have overlapping ranges; S. asiaticum tends to occupy drier areas with less forest cover. It also tends to form denser associations and the larvae are usually more heavily parasitised. Wasps in the genus Sceliphron collect mud to make cells in which to lay their eggs. One or more paralysed spiders is placed in each cell to provide food for the developing larva. There is a relationship... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sceliphron asiaticum sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 68th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sceliphron asiaticum in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against under 5% in April–October and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Galápagos Islands's wettest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sceliphron asiaticum sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Galápagos Islands, in our data
Galápagos Islands is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sceliphron asiaticum sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Sceliphron asiaticum that you can see in Galápagos Islands (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Galápagos Carpenter Bee (about 40%), Variegated Paper Wasp (about 30%) and Brachygastra lecheguana (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sceliphron asiaticum is recorded against all the insects logged in Galápagos Islands (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.
