Urocerus flavicornis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Urocerus flavicornis, the yellow-horned horntail wasp, is a species of horntail native to North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Horned Horntail 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Horned Horntail in Anchorage on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. That is one of Anchorage's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain against 40 mm in April.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Horned Horntail sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Yellow-Horned Horntail sightings, Anchorage has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Calgary (Canada, under 5%) and Vancouver (Canada, under 5%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Horned Horntail that you can see in Anchorage (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee (about 20%), McKay's Western Bumble Bee (about 20%) and American Yellowjacket (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Horned Horntail 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.
