Myrmecia piliventris
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Myrmecia piliventris, the golden tail bull ant, is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. The Myrmecia piliventris is distributed Australia wide, but they're not too common in the western regions of Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Tailed Bull Ant sighting in Royal National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 175 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.
April, August and October–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Tailed Bull Ant in Royal National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–July and September, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-Tailed Bull 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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Golden-Tailed Bull Ant sightings, Royal National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Blue Mountains National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same genus: Myrmecia
The closest relatives of the Golden-Tailed Bull Ant that you can see in Royal National Park (genus Myrmecia, Bull Ants) are Red Bull Ant (about 40%), Giant Bulldog Ant (about 20%) and Australian Red Bull Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-Tailed Bull Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Royal 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.
