Odontomachus simillimus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Odontomachus simillimus is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae, which can be found from many Asian, and African countries. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 5 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 10 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sighting in Kozhikode on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 138 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant in Kozhikode on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–February, the lowest months. That is one of Kozhikode's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 390 mm in June.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sightings, Kozhikode ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kochi (India, about 20%), Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%) and Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (Sri Lanka, about 10%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant that you can see in Kozhikode (family Formicidae, Ants) are Asian Weaver Ant (about 20%), Yellow Crazy Ant (about 20%) and Camponotus angusticollis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Kozhikode (6 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.
