Camponotus sericeiventris
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America. It is the only species in the subgenus Myrmepomis. These five subspecies belong to the species Camponotus sericeiventris: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sighting in Rincón de la Vieja National Park on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 56 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in Rincón de la Vieja National Park on a given day, against about 10% in September, the lowest month. That is one of Rincón de la Vieja National Park's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain against 45 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shimmering Golden Sugar 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.
Among the best
Of the 33 parks where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, Rincón de la Vieja National Park ranks 2nd at about 50%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant that you can see in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Hairy-Headed Leafcutter Ant (about 40%) and Burchell's Army Ant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (42 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.
