Camponotus aeneopilosus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The golden tail sugar ant (Camponotus aeneopilosus or also commonly known as the golden black sugar ant) is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus. It is native to eastern Australia and was described by Gustav Mayr in 1862. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Tailed Sugar Ant sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 109 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 140th most-seen of the 875 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and August–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Tailed Sugar Ant in Melbourne on a given day, against under 5% in February and June–July, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-Tailed Sugar Ant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Golden-Tailed Sugar Ant sightings, Melbourne ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Brisbane (Australia, about 20%) and Sydney (Australia, about 10%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Golden-Tailed Sugar Ant that you can see in Melbourne (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Banded Sugar Ant (about 20%) and Camponotus innexus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-Tailed Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (109 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.
