Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster scutellaris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Doñana National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

9 Verified sightings at Doñana National Park From 2019 to 2026
168 In all 6 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster scutellaris is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae, subfamily Myrmicinae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
2 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
3 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~20%
2 Turin 🇮🇹 Italy
~20%
3 Naples 🇮🇹 Italy
~20%
4 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~20%
5 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
6 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
7 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
8 Valencia 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
9 Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
10 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant in Doñana National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant sighting in Doñana National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 34th most-seen of the 87 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant in Doñana National Park?

June, August–September and November

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant in Doñana National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, October and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Doñana National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 90 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mediterranean Acrobat Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Doñana National Park the best place to see a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant?

3rd of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Mediterranean Acrobat Ant sightings, Doñana National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cévennes National Park (France, about 20%) and Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%).

Where does the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Doñana National Park (9 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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