Meranoplus bicolor
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Meranoplus bicolor, is a species of ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in many Asian countries, where its habitats range from open grasslands to open-canopy forests. They nest in soil, usually at the base of plants. The nest opening is a simple hole, but it can sometimes have multiple openings. Workers forage on the ground as well as on plants, where they exploit extrafloral nectaries and tend to aphids. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | New Delhi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bicolored Shield Ant sighting in Chennai on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 376 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.
April to November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bicolored Shield Ant in Chennai on a given day, against under 5% in January and March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bicolored Shield 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.
Yes
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Bicolored Shield Ant sightings, Chennai has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Hyderabad (India, about 10%) and Kozhikode (India, about 10%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Bicolored Shield Ant that you can see in Chennai (family Formicidae, Ants) are Velvet Sugar Ant (about 30%), Indian Black Ant (about 30%) and Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bicolored Shield Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Chennai (82 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.
