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 São Paulo on a given day, based on 59 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 832 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.
January–February, April–July and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in March, August and December, the lowest months.
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.
7th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, São Paulo ranks 7th 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%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant that you can see in São Paulo (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Camponotus rufipes (about 10%), Camponotus cingulatus (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 Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in São Paulo (59 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.
