Polistes olivaceus
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Polistes olivaceus, also known as the yellow oriental paper wasp or Macao paper wasp, is a species of paper wasp. In the Cook Islands, it is known in English simply as the yellow paper wasp, while its Cook Island Maori name is "Rango Patia" or other variation depending on the island. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sighting in Manas National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 9 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp in Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and December, the lowest months. July to October have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Manas National Park, in our data
Manas National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp that you can see in Manas National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Asian Weaver Ant (about 30%) and Chlorion lobatum (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp is recorded against all the insects logged in Manas 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.
