Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant

Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant

Pheidole hyatti

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Los Angeles

In 3 days ~10%

14 Verified sightings at Los Angeles
6 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant

Pheidole hyatti is a species of big-headed ant native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Guatemala, invasive in Hawaii, and possibly present in Panama, Bolivia, and Argentina. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Los Angeles 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant in Los Angeles?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant sighting in Los Angeles on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 529th most-seen of the 851 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant in Los Angeles?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant in Los Angeles on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant?

Only Los Angeles, in our data

Los Angeles is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Hyatt's Big-Headed Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Angeles (14 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.

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