Camponotus planus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Camponotus planus sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June, August and November–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Camponotus planus in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against under 5% in March, May, July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Camponotus planus 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.
Only Galápagos Islands, in our data
Galápagos Islands is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Camponotus planus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Camponotus planus that you can see in Galápagos Islands (family Formicidae, Ants) are Longhorn Crazy Ant (about 10%), Ghost Ant (about 10%) and Odontomachus bauri (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Camponotus planus is recorded against all the insects logged in Galápagos Islands (21 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.
