Polistes madiburensis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes madiburensis sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 180th most-seen of the 344 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polistes madiburensis in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to December, the lowest months. Those are among Table Mountain National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in June.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polistes madiburensis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Table Mountain National Park, in our data
Table Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Polistes madiburensis sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Polistes
The closest relatives of the Polistes madiburensis that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (genus Polistes, Umbrella Paper Wasps) are European Paper Wasp (about 10%) and Polistes marginalis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polistes madiburensis is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (15 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.
