Manica bradleyi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bradley's Manic Ant sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 137th most-seen of the 161 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.
June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bradley's Manic Ant in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months. Those are among Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bradley's Manic 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 Bradley's Manic Ant sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Yosemite National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Bradley's Manic Ant that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (family Formicidae, Ants) are Western Black Carpenter Ant (about 30%), Western Velvety Tree Ant (about 10%) and Odorous House Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bradley's Manic Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (7 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.
