Ectatomma tuberculatum
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Ectatomma tuberculatum, known in Qʼeqchiʼ as the kelep, is a Neotropical species of ant in the subfamily Ectatomminae. Common in the Neotropics, the species is found from Mexico to Argentina. It is a host to the related social parasite Ectatomma parasiticum, the only known parasitic species in the subfamily Ectatomminae.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 5 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 6 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 18 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ectatomma tuberculatum sighting in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 112 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.
July
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ectatomma tuberculatum in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February, May, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ectatomma tuberculatum sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 19
Of the 19 parks where we can rate Ectatomma tuberculatum sightings, Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve ranks 6th at about 20%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 30%) and Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 20%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Ectatomma tuberculatum that you can see in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (family Formicidae, Ants) are Compact Carpenter Ant (about 10%), Longhorn Crazy Ant (about 10%) and Burchell's Army Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ectatomma tuberculatum is recorded against all the insects logged in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (14 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.
