Pygodasis ephippium
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Saddleback Scoliid Wasp sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 154th most-seen of the 299 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 June–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Saddleback Scoliid Wasp in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Saddleback 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.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Saddleback Scoliid Wasp sightings, La Amistad International Park (Panama) ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 10%), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (Mexico, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Saddleback Scoliid Wasp that you can see in La Amistad International Park (Panama) (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Hairy-Headed Leafcutter Ant (about 10%), Mesoamerican Bumble Bee (about 10%) and Red-Headed Paper Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Saddleback Scoliid Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in La Amistad International Park (Panama) (8 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.
