Pheidole absurda
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pheidole absurda sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 344th most-seen of the 431 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and June–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pheidole absurda in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and August–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pheidole absurda sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, in our data
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pheidole absurda sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Pheidole absurda that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant (about 20%), Chicatana Leafcutter Ant (about 10%) and Pachycondyla villosa (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pheidole absurda is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
