Pheidole absurda
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pheidole absurda sighting in San José on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 172nd most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May, August and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pheidole absurda in San José on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April, June–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pheidole absurda sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pheidole absurda sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Pheidole absurda that you can see in San José (family Formicidae, Ants) are Hairy-Headed Leafcutter Ant (about 30%), Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant (about 10%) and Tropical Carpenter Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pheidole absurda is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (7 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.
