Polyrhachis foreli

Polyrhachis foreli

Polyrhachis foreli

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Daintree National Park

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%

61 Verified sightings at Daintree National Park From 2019 to 2026
61 In 1 park
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Polyrhachis foreli in Daintree National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Polyrhachis foreli sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 61 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Polyrhachis foreli in Daintree National Park?

May and July–August

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Polyrhachis foreli in Daintree National Park on a given day, against about 10% in September, the lowest month. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Polyrhachis foreli?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polyrhachis foreli sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Polyrhachis foreli?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Polyrhachis foreli sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Polyrhachis foreli live in Daintree National Park?

Same genus: Polyrhachis

The closest relatives of the Polyrhachis foreli that you can see in Daintree National Park (genus Polyrhachis, Spiny Ants) are Polyrhachis cupreata (about 10%), Polyrhachis mucronata (about 10%) and Polyrhachis barretti (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Polyrhachis foreli sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Polyrhachis foreli is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (61 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.

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