What are the chances of seeing a Daemel's Spiny Ant in Brisbane?
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Daemel's Spiny Ant sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 359 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 38th most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Daemel's Spiny Ant in Brisbane?
April–May and September–February
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Daemel's Spiny Ant in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month.
What time of day is best to see a Daemel's Spiny Ant?
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Daemel's Spiny Ant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Daemel's Spiny Ant?
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Daemel's Spiny Ant sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Daemel's Spiny Ant live in Brisbane?
Same genus: Polyrhachis
The closest relatives of the Daemel's Spiny Ant that you can see in Brisbane (genus Polyrhachis, Spiny Ants) are Polyrhachis rufifemur (about 20%), Golden-Tailed Spiny Ant (about 10%) and Polyrhachis australis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Daemel's Spiny Ant sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Daemel's Spiny Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (359 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.