Camponotus novogranadensis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Compact Carpenter Ant sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Compact Carpenter Ant in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and July–December, the lowest months. Those are among Soberanía National Park's driest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 350 mm in November.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Compact Carpenter Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black Compact Carpenter Ant sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 10%).
Same genus: Camponotus
The closest relatives of the Black Compact Carpenter Ant that you can see in Soberanía National Park (genus Camponotus, Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies) are Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant (about 10%), Tropical Carpenter Ant (about 10%) and Camponotus lindigi (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Compact Carpenter Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (5 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.
