Polyrhachis femorata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 253rd most-seen of the 418 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.
February, April, June–July and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May, August and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant sightings, Great Otway National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 10%) and Blue Mountains National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Formicidae, 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 Southern Broad-Nosed Spiny Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (8 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.
