Sphex diabolicus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sphex diabolicus sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th most-seen of the 57 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sphex diabolicus in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–June, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sphex diabolicus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, in our data
Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sphex diabolicus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Sphex diabolicus that you can see in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Broad-Handed Carpenter Bee (about 20%), Collared Carpenter Bee (about 10%) and Giant Honey Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sphex diabolicus is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (5 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.
