Daemel's Spiny Ant

Daemel's Spiny Ant

Polyrhachis daemeli

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Noosa National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

13 Verified sightings at Noosa National Park From 2019 to 2026
13 In 1 park
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Daemel's Spiny Ant in Noosa National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Daemel's Spiny Ant sighting in Noosa National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 32 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Daemel's Spiny Ant in Noosa National Park?

July

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Daemel's Spiny Ant in Noosa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–June and August, the lowest months. That is one of Noosa National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 210 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Daemel's Spiny Ant?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Daemel's Spiny Ant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Daemel's Spiny Ant?

Only Noosa National Park, in our data

Noosa National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Daemel's Spiny Ant sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Daemel's Spiny Ant live in Noosa National Park?

Same family: Formicidae

The closest relatives of the Daemel's Spiny Ant that you can see in Noosa National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Leptomyrmex rufithorax (about 20%) and Jumping Jack Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Daemel's Spiny Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Daemel's Spiny Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Noosa National Park (13 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.

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