Polyrhachis ammon
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Tailed Spiny Ant sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 108th most-seen of the 789 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Tailed Spiny Ant in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-Tailed Spiny Ant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Golden-Tailed Spiny Ant sightings, Blue Mountains National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Royal National Park (Australia, about 10%) and Lamington National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same genus: Polyrhachis
The closest relatives of the Golden-Tailed Spiny Ant that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (genus Polyrhachis, Spiny Ants) are Polyrhachis semiaurata (about 10%) and Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-Tailed Spiny Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (31 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.
