Messor aciculatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Messor aciculatus sighting in Seoul on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 248th most-seen of the 525 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Messor aciculatus in Seoul on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Seoul's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 360 mm in July.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Messor aciculatus sightings, Seoul ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Qingdao (China, about 10%) and Beijing (China, about 10%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Messor aciculatus that you can see in Seoul (family Formicidae, Ants) are Japanese Wood Ant (about 20%), Japanese Carpenter Ant (about 20%) and Japanese Pavement Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Messor aciculatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Seoul (12 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.
