Vespula intermedia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Vespula intermedia, the American red-banded yellowjacket, or the northern red-banded yellowjacket, is a rare species of wasp in the family Vespidae. It was described by Robert du Buysson in 1905. The species is native to northern Canada, Maine, and parts of Alaska, primarily the Canadian provinces of Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. It was listed as a synonym of Vespula rufa, but no clear evidence of its classification is present, with a mixed divide on its status from entomologists. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Anchorage | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Red-banded Yellowjacket sighting in Anchorage on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 51st most-seen of the 59 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Red-banded Yellowjacket in Anchorage on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Only Anchorage, in our data
Anchorage is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Northern Red-banded Yellowjacket sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Red-banded Yellowjacket is recorded against all the insects logged in Anchorage (5 verified sightings), 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.
