Camponotus ligniperdus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 2 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 3 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 4 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Black Carpenter Ant sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 141st most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–July and September–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Black Carpenter Ant in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Black Carpenter Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Brown-Black Carpenter Ant sightings, Mercantour National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 20%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Brown-Black Carpenter Ant that you can see in Mercantour National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Manica rubida (about 10%) and Formica lemani (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-Black Carpenter Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (19 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.
