Triscolia ardens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Triscolia ardens is a species of wasp in the family Scoliidae. It is the sole member of its genus found in North America outside of Mexico. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-Tailed Scoliid Wasp sighting in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 190 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-Tailed Scoliid Wasp in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to June, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fire-Tailed 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.
Only Joshua Tree National Park, in our data
Joshua Tree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fire-Tailed Scoliid Wasp sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Fire-Tailed Scoliid Wasp that you can see in Joshua Tree National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Messor pergandei (about 30%), California Harvester Ant (about 30%) and California Gall Wasp (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fire-Tailed Scoliid Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Joshua Tree National Park (13 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.
