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 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 80 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.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and August–October, the lowest months. That is one of Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 360 mm in September.
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.
17th of 33
Of the 33 parks where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park ranks 17th 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (17 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.
