Polyrhachis femorata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 294th most-seen of the 789 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–May, August and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, June–July and September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant sightings, Blue Mountains National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same genus: Polyrhachis
The closest relatives of the Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (genus Polyrhachis, Spiny Ants) are Golden-Tailed Spiny Ant (about 10%) and Polyrhachis semiaurata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (15 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.
