Where to see
Myrmecia pilosula
Flinders Chase leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Jack Jumper Ant during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Flinders Chase
In Flinders Chase, Australia, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Jack Jumper Ant sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Grampians National Park and more
After Flinders Chase, the next-best odds of seeing a Jack Jumper Ant are in Grampians National Park (Australia, about 40%), Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (Australia, about 40%) and Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January in Flinders Chase (about 70%), November and December in Grampians National Park (about 50%) and January and September in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Jack Jumper Ant on a given day. Each park's Jack Jumper Ant page has the full month-by-month chart.
