Camponotus novogranadensis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black Compact Carpenter Ant sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 528th most-seen of the 826 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black Compact Carpenter Ant in Miami on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Compact Carpenter Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Black Compact Carpenter Ant sightings, Miami ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Black Compact Carpenter Ant that you can see in Miami (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Florida Carpenter Ant (about 20%), Compact Carpenter Ant (about 10%) and Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Compact Carpenter Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (11 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.
