Camponotus ephippium
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Camponotus ephippium is a species of carpenter ant (genus Camponotus) found in Australia. It has two subspecies, C. ephippium ephippium and C. ephippium narses. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Camponotus ephippium sighting in Grampians National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 122nd most-seen of the 148 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Camponotus ephippium in Grampians National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June–July and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Camponotus ephippium sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Grampians National Park, in our data
Grampians National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Camponotus ephippium sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Camponotus ephippium that you can see in Grampians National Park (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Banded Sugar Ant (about 40%), Camponotus suffusus (about 30%) and Black-Headed Sugar Ant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Camponotus ephippium is recorded against all the insects logged in Grampians National Park (5 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.
