Camponotus sericeiventris
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America. It is the only species in the subgenus Myrmepomis. These five subspecies belong to the species Camponotus sericeiventris: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sighting in San José on a given day, based on 48 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in San José on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month. That is one of San José's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 300 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shimmering Golden Sugar 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.
3rd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, San José ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, about 20%) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil, about 10%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant that you can see in San José (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Tropical Carpenter Ant (about 10%), Compact Carpenter Ant (about 10%) and Black 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 Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (48 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.
