Camponotus piceus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Camponotus piceus is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus, the carpenter ants, occurring in southern and central Europe, the southern part of eastern Europe, north-west Africa, Asia Minor, Lebanon, Iran, the Caucasus, and Kazakshtan.
It was originaly described as Formica picea by Leach in 1825, but was later moved to Camponotus and renamed piceus. Today Formica picea is instead used for an ant in the genus Formica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Camponotus piceus sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 619th most-seen of the 996 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May–June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Camponotus piceus in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, July and October–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Camponotus piceus sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
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Of the 2 parks where we can rate Camponotus piceus sightings, Cévennes National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Pyrénées National Park (France, under 5%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Camponotus piceus that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Hairy Carpenter Ant (about 20%), Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant (about 10%) and Camponotus lateralis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Camponotus piceus is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (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.
