Urocerus flavicornis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 Jasper National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 88 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.
July to September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Horned Horntail in Jasper National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, 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.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Yellow-Horned Horntail sightings, Jasper National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come 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 Jasper National Park (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Vancouver Bumble Bee (about 20%), Black-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 10%) and Cryptic Bumble Bee (about 10%), 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 Jasper National Park (16 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.
