Myzinum maculatum
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Myzinum maculatum is a species of wasp in the family Thynnidae. It is used as a biological control of turf grass pests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Myzinum maculatum sighting in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 80th most-seen of the 112 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Myzinum maculatum in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve's wettest months, with about 100 mm of rain against 20 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Myzinum maculatum sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, in our data
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Myzinum maculatum sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Myzinum maculatum that you can see in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Mexican Pitted-Stingless Bee (about 20%), Ectatomma tuberculatum (about 20%) and Toltec Scoliid Wasp (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Myzinum maculatum is recorded against all the insects logged in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (7 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.
