Atta opaciceps
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Atta opaciceps is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Atta. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Atta opaciceps sighting in Fortaleza on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 112 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.
January and February
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Atta opaciceps in Fortaleza on a given day, against under 5% in May and October, the lowest months. Those are among Fortaleza's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against almost none in September.
Only Fortaleza, in our data
Fortaleza is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Atta opaciceps sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Atta opaciceps that you can see in Fortaleza (family Formicidae, Ants) are Camponotus arboreus (about 30%), Dolichoderus bispinosus (about 20%) and Ectatomma brunneum (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Atta opaciceps is recorded against all the insects logged in Fortaleza (18 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.
