Camponotus sericeiventris
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 Salvador on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 26th most-seen of the 72 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.
November and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in San Salvador on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, June–July and September–October, the lowest months. Those are among San Salvador's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in September.
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.
6th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, San Salvador ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, about 20%), Belo Horizonte (Brazil, about 10%) and San José (Costa Rica, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in San Salvador (9 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.
