Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster scutellaris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Pyrénées National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

31 Verified sightings at Pyrénées National Park From 2019 to 2026
168 In all 6 parks
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster scutellaris is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae, subfamily Myrmicinae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
2 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
3 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~20%
2 Turin 🇮🇹 Italy
~20%
3 Naples 🇮🇹 Italy
~20%
4 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~20%
5 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
6 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
7 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
8 Valencia 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
9 Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
10 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant in Pyrénées National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 295th most-seen of the 1277 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant in Pyrénées National Park?

January–June and August–October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mediterranean Acrobat 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.

Is Pyrénées National Park the best place to see a Mediterranean Acrobat Ant?

5th of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Mediterranean Acrobat Ant sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cévennes National Park (France, about 20%), Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Doñana National Park (Spain, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant live in Pyrénées National Park?

Same family: Formicidae

The closest relatives of the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Jet Ant (about 10%), Brown-Black Carpenter Ant (about 10%) and Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (31 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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