Cephalotes clypeatus
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Cephalotes clypeatus is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on. This ability has given them the name gliding ants. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cephalotes clypeatus sighting in São Luís on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 93 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Cephalotes clypeatus in São Luís on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–May, July and November, the lowest months. That is one of São Luís's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 360 mm in April.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cephalotes clypeatus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Cephalotes clypeatus sightings, São Luís has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Manaus (Brazil, about 20%) and João Pessoa (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Cephalotes clypeatus that you can see in São Luís (family Formicidae, Ants) are Camponotus arboreus (about 20%), Ectatomma brunneum (about 20%) and Ectatomma tuberculatum (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cephalotes clypeatus is recorded against all the insects logged in São Luís (30 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.
