Camponotus sericeiventris
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America. It is the only species in the subgenus Myrmepomis. These five subspecies belong to the species Camponotus sericeiventris: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sighting in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 25 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, June, August–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 560 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
23rd of 33
Of the 33 parks where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve ranks 23rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 50%), Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant that you can see in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Northern Warrior Wasp (about 20%) and Red-Headed Paper Wasp (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (9 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.
