Tetraponera rufonigra
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sighting in New Delhi on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 51st most-seen of the 174 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant in New Delhi on a given day, against under 5% in January and August, the lowest months. That is one of New Delhi's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 220 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.
15th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sightings, New Delhi ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tiruppur (India, about 30%), Tiruchirappalli (India, about 30%) and Chennai (India, about 30%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant that you can see in New Delhi (family Formicidae, Ants) are Indian Black Ant (about 20%), Destroyer Ant (about 10%) and Bicolored Shield Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in New Delhi (33 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.
