Yellow-Vented Hornet
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Sendai

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

11 Verified sightings at Sendai
6 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-Vented Hornet

Vespa analis, the yellow-vented hornet, is a species of common hornet found in Southeast Asia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nagoya 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
2 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
3 Sendai 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
4 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
5 Osaka 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
6 Sapporo 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
7 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
8 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
9 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
~10%
10 Seoul 🇰🇷 South Korea
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-Vented Hornet in Sendai?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Vented Hornet sighting in Sendai on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th most-seen of the 128 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.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-Vented Hornet in Sendai?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Vented Hornet in Sendai on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-Vented Hornet?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Vented Hornet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Sendai the best place to see a Yellow-Vented Hornet?

3rd of 11

Of the 11 cities where we can rate Yellow-Vented Hornet sightings, Sendai ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Nagoya (Japan, about 20%) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Yellow-Vented Hornet live in Sendai?

Same genus: Vespa

The closest relatives of the Yellow-Vented Hornet that you can see in Sendai (genus Vespa, Hornets) are Yellow Hornet (about 10%), Asian Giant Hornet (about 10%) and European Hornet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Yellow-Vented Hornet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Vented Hornet is recorded against all the insects logged in Sendai (11 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.

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