Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant

Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant

Camponotus cruentatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Sierra de Guadarrama National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

56 Verified sightings at Sierra de Guadarrama National Park From 2019 to 2026
194 In all 5 parks
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~30%
2 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~30%
3 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
2 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
3 Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 69th most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?

April

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and December–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blood-Spotted Sugar 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 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park the best place to see a Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant?

3rd of 5

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 30%) and Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 30%).

Where does the Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (56 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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