Brown-Black Carpenter Ant

Brown-Black Carpenter Ant

Camponotus ligniperdus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Bavarian Forest National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

22 Verified sightings at Bavarian Forest National Park From 2019 to 2026
146 In all 8 parks
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~20%
2 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
3 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
4 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
6 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Stockholm 🇸🇪 Sweden
~10%
2 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~10%
3 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
<5%
4 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-Black Carpenter Ant in Bavarian Forest National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Black Carpenter Ant sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 231st most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown-Black Carpenter Ant in Bavarian Forest National Park?

April–August and October–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Black Carpenter Ant in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and December–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Brown-Black Carpenter Ant?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Black Carpenter Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Bavarian Forest National Park the best place to see a Brown-Black Carpenter Ant?

6th of 8

Of the 8 parks where we can rate Brown-Black Carpenter Ant sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 20%), Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%) and Ecrins National Park (France, about 20%).

Where does the Brown-Black Carpenter Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown-Black Carpenter Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (22 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.

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