Tetraponera rufonigra
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Tetraponera rufonigra, is a species of ant belonging to the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae. It is distributed across Southeast Asia Commonly called the bi-coloured arboreal ant, they are arboreal and build small nests which are excavated holes usually in dried parts of trees. They are active hunters and hunt small insects. They have a well developed sting and when stung can cause allergic reactions in human beings.
The ant is known as "Hath polayaa" in Sinhala. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiruppur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Tiruchirappalli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Visakhapatnam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sighting in Tiruchirappalli on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 30 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant in Tiruchirappalli on a given day, against under 5% in April, August–September and November–February, the lowest months. Those are among Tiruchirappalli's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arboreal Bicolored Slender 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.
Among the best
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sightings, Tiruchirappalli ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tiruppur (India, about 30%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant that you can see in Tiruchirappalli (family Formicidae, Ants) are Indian Black Ant (about 40%), Velvet Sugar Ant (about 30%) and Asian Weaver Ant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Tiruchirappalli (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.
