Tetraponera rufonigra
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Tetraponera rufonigra, is a species of ant belonging to the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae. It is distributed across Southeast Asia Commonly called the bi-coloured arboreal ant, they are arboreal and build small nests which are excavated holes usually in dried parts of trees. They are active hunters and hunt small insects. They have a well developed sting and when stung can cause allergic reactions in human beings.
The ant is known as "Hath polayaa" in Sinhala. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiruppur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Tiruchirappalli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Visakhapatnam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 175 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th most-seen of the 362 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant in Mumbai on a given day, against about 10% in February–March and June, the lowest months. Those are among Mumbai's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 830 mm in July.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sightings, Mumbai ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Tiruppur (India, about 30%), Tiruchirappalli (India, about 30%) and Chennai (India, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (175 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.
