Camponotus sericeiventris
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America. It is the only species in the subgenus Myrmepomis. These five subspecies belong to the species Camponotus sericeiventris: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 132 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 306 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and August–January
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against about 20% in July, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shimmering Golden Sugar 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.
3rd of 33
Of the 33 parks where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 3rd at about 40%. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 50%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (132 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.
