Vespa analis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Vespa analis, the yellow-vented hornet, is a species of common hornet found in Southeast Asia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Vented Hornet sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 345 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 1013 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.
August to October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Vented Hornet in Tokyo on a given day, against under 5% in March and April, the lowest months.
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.
4th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Yellow-Vented Hornet sightings, Tokyo ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Nagoya (Japan, about 20%), Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 10%) and Sendai (Japan, about 10%).
Same genus: Vespa
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Vented Hornet that you can see in Tokyo (genus Vespa, Hornets) are Asian Giant Hornet (about 10%), Yellow Hornet (about 10%) and European Hornet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Vented Hornet is recorded against all the insects logged in Tokyo (345 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.
