Camponotus truncatus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a European Gate-Keeper Ant sighting in Budapest on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 105th most-seen of the 404 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a European Gate-Keeper Ant in Budapest on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months. That is one of Budapest's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 40 mm in January.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most European Gate-Keeper Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate European Gate-Keeper Ant sightings, Budapest ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Bucharest (Romania, about 20%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the European Gate-Keeper Ant that you can see in Budapest (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Hairy Carpenter Ant (about 20%), Camponotus fallax (about 10%) and Ethiop Carpenter Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the European Gate-Keeper Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Budapest (24 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.
