Myrmecia tarsata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Myrmecia tarsata is a bull ant species native to Australia. The species belongs to the genus Myrmecia. Their distribution is large, mainly around New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Jumper Ant sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 214 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 62nd most-seen of the 742 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.
August to June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Jumper Ant in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Jumper 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.
Only Sydney, in our data
Sydney is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Australian Jumper Ant sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Myrmecia
The closest relatives of the Australian Jumper Ant that you can see in Sydney (genus Myrmecia, Bull Ants) are Jumping Jack Ant (about 20%) and Giant Bulldog Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Australian Jumper Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (214 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.
