Myrmecia simillima
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Myrmecia simillima is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution in Australia is massive on the coastline and inland areas of New South Wales and Victoria.
The average length for a worker ant of a Myrmecia simillima is 19-23 millimetres long. Queens are of a bigger size at 22-24 millimetres in length. The head, thorax, node, and other features are brown, gaster is black, mandibles and legs and other parts are reddish, with the tarsi and funiculus is a yellowish-red. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Red Bull Ant sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 52 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 418 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Red Bull Ant in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Great Otway National Park's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Red Bull Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Australian Red Bull Ant sightings, Great Otway National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 20%) and Kosciuszko National Park (Australia, about 20%).
Same genus: Myrmecia
The closest relatives of the Australian Red Bull Ant that you can see in Great Otway National Park (genus Myrmecia, Bull Ants) are Jack Jumper Ant (about 30%), Black-Scaped Bull Ant (about 20%) and Inchman Ant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Australian Red Bull Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (52 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.
