Camponotus sericeiventris
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 103rd most-seen of the 366 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July–August and November, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 290 mm in February.
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.
29th of 33
Of the 33 parks where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, Manu National Park ranks 29th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 50%), Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Camponotus mirabilis (about 20%), Camponotus cacicus (about 10%) and Camponotus femoratus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (15 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.
