Urocerus flavicornis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Horned Horntail sighting in Calgary on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 193rd most-seen of the 256 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Horned Horntail in Calgary on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Yellow-Horned Horntail sightings, Calgary ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Anchorage (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Horned Horntail that you can see in Calgary (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Hunt's Bumble Bee (about 30%), Red-Belted Bumble Bee (about 20%) and Perplexing Bumble Bee (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 Calgary (7 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.
