Velvet Sugar Ant

Velvet Sugar Ant

Camponotus rufoglaucus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Madurai

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

5 Verified sightings at Madurai
August Best month

About the Velvet Sugar Ant

Camponotus rufoglaucus is a species of carpenter ant (genus Camponotus). It is found from many Afrotropical, Indo-Australian, Oriental, Palaearctic regional countries. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tiruchirappalli 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Madurai 🇮🇳 India
~30%
4 Thiruvananthapuram 🇮🇳 India
~20%
5 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~20%
6 Kollam 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Velvet Sugar Ant in Madurai?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet Sugar Ant sighting in Madurai on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 19 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Velvet Sugar Ant in Madurai?

August

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet Sugar Ant in Madurai on a given day, against under 5% in February, June–July and December, the lowest months.

Is Madurai the best place to see a Velvet Sugar Ant?

Among the best

Of the 7 cities where we can rate Velvet Sugar Ant sightings, Madurai ranks 3rd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tiruchirappalli (India, about 30%) and Chennai (India, about 30%).

Where does the Velvet Sugar Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Velvet Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Madurai (5 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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