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 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 72 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.
April, June–August and December–February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in September, 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.
7th of 33
Of the 33 parks where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 7th 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 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (family Formicidae, Ants) are Bullet Ant (about 30%), Hairy-Headed Leafcutter Ant (about 20%) 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 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (44 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.
