Camponotus sericeiventris
In 3 days ~70% 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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, based on 89 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 69 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–August and December–January
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, against about 20% in May and September–October, the lowest months.
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.
8th of 33
Of the 33 parks where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, Manuel Antonio National Park ranks 8th at about 30%. 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 family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant that you can see in Manuel Antonio National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Colombian Leafcutter Ant (about 10%), Hairy-Headed Leafcutter Ant (about 10%) and Ectatomma tuberculatum (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 Manuel Antonio National Park (89 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.
