Yellow-Footed Ant

Yellow-Footed Ant

Paratrechina flavipes

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Beijing

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

10 Verified sightings at Beijing
October Best month

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Busan 🇰🇷 South Korea
~20%
2 Sendai 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
3 Seoul 🇰🇷 South Korea
~10%
4 Boston 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
5 New York City 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
6 Washington 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
7 Philadelphia 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
8 Beijing 🇨🇳 China
<5%
9 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%
10 Baltimore 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-Footed Ant in Beijing?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Footed Ant sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 222nd most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-Footed Ant in Beijing?

August and October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Footed Ant in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–July, the lowest months. Those are among Beijing's wettest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.

Is Beijing the best place to see a Yellow-Footed Ant?

8th of 11

Of the 11 cities where we can rate Yellow-Footed Ant sightings, Beijing ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Busan (South Korea, about 20%), Sendai (Japan, about 10%) and Seoul (South Korea, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Yellow-Footed Ant live in Beijing?

Same family: Formicidae

The closest relatives of the Yellow-Footed Ant that you can see in Beijing (family Formicidae, Ants) are Japanese Carpenter Ant (about 10%) and Messor aciculatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Yellow-Footed Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Footed Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Beijing (10 verified sightings), 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.

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