Velvet Sugar Ant

Velvet Sugar Ant

Camponotus rufoglaucus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Thiruvananthapuram

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

11 Verified sightings at Thiruvananthapuram
March Best month

About the Velvet Sugar Ant

Camponotus rufoglaucus is a species of carpenter ant (genus Camponotus). It is found from many Afrotropical, Indo-Australian, Oriental, Palaearctic regional countries. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tiruchirappalli 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Madurai 🇮🇳 India
~30%
4 Thiruvananthapuram 🇮🇳 India
~20%
5 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~20%
6 Kollam 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Velvet Sugar Ant in Thiruvananthapuram?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet Sugar Ant sighting in Thiruvananthapuram on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 45th most-seen of the 112 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Velvet Sugar Ant in Thiruvananthapuram?

January and March

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet Sugar Ant in Thiruvananthapuram on a given day, against under 5% in February, May, July–August, October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Thiruvananthapuram's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in October.

Is Thiruvananthapuram the best place to see a Velvet Sugar Ant?

4th of 7

Of the 7 cities where we can rate Velvet Sugar Ant sightings, Thiruvananthapuram ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Tiruchirappalli (India, about 30%), Chennai (India, about 30%) and Madurai (India, about 30%).

Where does the Velvet Sugar Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Velvet Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Thiruvananthapuram (11 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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