Anoplolepis steingroeveri
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Anoplolepis steingroeveri is a species of ant. It is commonly known as the black pugnacious ant. It is native to southern Africa, and occurs in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia. The worker is similar in appearance to darker morphs of the common pugnacious ant (Anoplolepis custodiens), but that species has a chequer-board-like dark pattern on the gaster, which is caused by reflection of light by pubescent hairs which lie in different directions on the two sides. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Small Pugnacious Ant sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 124th most-seen of the 344 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.
May, October and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Pugnacious Ant in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Pugnacious Ant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Small Pugnacious Ant sightings, Table Mountain National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Small Pugnacious Ant that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Black Cocktail Ant (about 20%), Small Black Sugar Ant (about 10%) and Black Droptail Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Pugnacious Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (32 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.
