Tetraponera rufonigra
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Tetraponera rufonigra, is a species of ant belonging to the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae. It is distributed across Southeast Asia Commonly called the bi-coloured arboreal ant, they are arboreal and build small nests which are excavated holes usually in dried parts of trees. They are active hunters and hunt small insects. They have a well developed sting and when stung can cause allergic reactions in human beings.
The ant is known as "Hath polayaa" in Sinhala. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiruppur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Tiruchirappalli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Visakhapatnam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sighting in Minneriya National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 44 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.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant in Minneriya National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–June, September–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Minneriya National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 340 mm in November.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arboreal Bicolored Slender 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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant sightings, Minneriya National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Sundarbans National Park (India, about 30%), Nagarhole National Park (India, about 20%) and Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 20%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant that you can see in Minneriya National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Asian Weaver Ant (about 20%) and Yellow Crazy Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Minneriya National Park (9 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.
