Messor instabilis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Messor instabilis sighting in Prayagraj on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 61st most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Messor instabilis in Prayagraj on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–December, the lowest months. That is one of Prayagraj's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 260 mm in July.
Only Prayagraj, in our data
Prayagraj is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Messor instabilis sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Messor instabilis that you can see in Prayagraj (family Formicidae, Ants) are Indian Black Ant (about 40%), Asian Weaver Ant (about 30%) and Tropical Fire Ant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Messor instabilis is recorded against all the insects logged in Prayagraj (19 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.
