Urocerus flavicornis
In 3 days ~10% 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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Horned Horntail sighting in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 235 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Horned Horntail in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months.
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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Yellow-Horned Horntail sightings, Great Bear Rainforest ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Jasper National Park (Canada, about 10%), Banff National Park (Canada, about 10%) and Rocky Mountain National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Horned Horntail that you can see in Great Bear Rainforest (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee (about 30%), Sitka Bumble Bee (about 20%) and Black-Tailed 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 Great Bear Rainforest (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
