Camponotus sexguttatus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Camponotus sexguttatus is a species of carpenter ant native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. This species is invasive in Florida, Hawaii, and Arizona. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 110th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant sightings, Everglades National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 10%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant that you can see in Everglades National Park (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Florida Carpenter Ant (about 30%), Compact Carpenter Ant (about 10%) and Camponotus inaequalis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (41 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.
