Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant

Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant

Odontomachus simillimus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Singapore

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

228 Verified sightings at Singapore
7 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant

Odontomachus simillimus is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae, which can be found from many Asian, and African countries. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~20%
2 Thiruvananthapuram 🇮🇳 India
~20%
3 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
4 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~10%
5 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Kollam 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
8 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
9 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
10 Kozhikode 🇮🇳 India
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant in Singapore?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 228 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th most-seen of the 1045 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant in Singapore?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant in Singapore on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Singapore the best place to see a Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant?

11th of 13

Of the 13 cities where we can rate Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sightings, Singapore ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kochi (India, about 20%), Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%) and Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (Sri Lanka, about 10%).

Where does the Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Common Oriental Trap-Jaw Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (228 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.

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