Myrmecia haskinsorum
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The Alpine jack-jumper ant, Myrmecia haskinsorum is a species of jack-jumper ant in the genus Myrmecia. Described by Robert Taylor in 2015, the species is endemic to Australia where it is known from areas that have high elevations, although some records show the ant lives in low elevated areas in Tasmania. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Jack Jumper Ant sighting in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 105 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Jack Jumper Ant in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to August, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alpine Jack Jumper 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.
Only Kosciuszko National Park, in our data
Kosciuszko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Alpine Jack Jumper Ant sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Myrmecia
The closest relatives of the Alpine Jack Jumper Ant that you can see in Kosciuszko National Park (genus Myrmecia, Bull Ants) are Australian Red Bull Ant (about 20%), Inchman Ant (about 10%) and Jack Jumper Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alpine Jack Jumper Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Kosciuszko National Park (18 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.
