Camponotus sexguttatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Camponotus sexguttatus is a species of carpenter ant native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. This species is invasive in Florida, Hawaii, and Arizona. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 107 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 117th most-seen of the 826 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.
January and April–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant sightings, Miami ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 10%) and Montevideo (Uruguay, about 10%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant that you can see in Miami (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Florida Carpenter Ant (about 20%) and Compact Carpenter Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (107 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.
