Camponotus novogranadensis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Compact Carpenter Ant sighting in San José on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 107th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April, July and October–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Compact Carpenter Ant in San José on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–June and August–September, the lowest months.
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.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Black Compact Carpenter Ant sightings, San José has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Miami (United States, under 5%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Black Compact Carpenter Ant that you can see in San José (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant (about 10%), Tropical Carpenter Ant (about 10%) 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 Black Compact Carpenter Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (17 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.
