Nasutitermes corniger
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Nasutitermes corniger is a species of arboreal termite that is endemic to the neotropics. It is very closely related to Nasutitermes ephratae. The species has been studied relatively intensively, particularly on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. These studies and others have shown that the termite interacts with many different organisms including a bat that roosts in its nest and various species of ants that cohabit with the termite.
The nests of N. corniger are dark brown on the surface and have small bumps over their exterior. When small (less than 20 cm in diameter) they tend to be spherical but as they grow they become more elliptical. There may also be localised lobes on the surface of the nest. The queen lives in a chamber located in the centre of the nest, (often near the tree trunk or branch to which the nest is attached), that is up to 8 cm wide and 1 cm high and heavily reinforced. The thickness of the walls in the nest decreases away from the queen and towards the exterior although if the nest is attacked by predators then the walls will be reinforced. In one study of their nests the heaviest nest identified weighed 28 kilograms and measured 68 cm by 46 cm... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Conehead Termite sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 58th most-seen of the 74 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Conehead Termite in Santo Domingo on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and November–April, the lowest months. That is one of Santo Domingo's wettest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 20 mm in February.
Only Santo Domingo, in our data
Santo Domingo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Conehead Termite sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Blattodea
The closest relatives of the Conehead Termite that you can see in Santo Domingo (order Blattodea, Cockroaches and Termites) are American Cockroach (about 30%) and Brown-Banded Cockroach (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Conehead Termite is recorded against all the insects logged in Santo Domingo (6 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.
