Asian Marauder Ant

Asian Marauder Ant

Pheidologeton diversus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Taroko National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

7 Verified sightings at Taroko National Park From 2019 to 2026
7 In 1 park
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Asian Marauder Ant

Carebara diversa, commonly known as the East Indian harvesting ant, is a species of marauder ant widely distributed throughout Asia. Carebara diversa is a eusocial insect and individuals have continuous allometric variation in size and morphology to facilitate task allocation and partitioning of work. Minor workers are between 1.3 and 2.5 mm in length, but major workers are much larger. Between the smallest minor and largest major workers there are many intermediate forms. The largest workers can have heads approximately 12 times as large as those of their smallest counterparts. The dry weight of a large major worker can be approximately 550 times as heavy of that of its smallest counterpart. These size-related morphological differences correspond with their division of labor. For example, small, young, minor workers specialize in caring for the larvae but extend their activities as they grow older.

Minor workers have yellowish brown to reddish brown bodies. Their mandibles each have five "teeth" and their antennal scapes are short and do not exceed the posterior margin of the head. Minor workers have rectangular heads with weakly convex posterior margins in full... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
2 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~10%
3 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
4 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
5 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
<5%
7 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
<5%
8 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
9 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Asian Marauder Ant in Taroko National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Marauder Ant sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 315th most-seen of the 447 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.

When is the best time to see an Asian Marauder Ant in Taroko National Park?

March

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Marauder Ant in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, August–September and November–February, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Asian Marauder Ant?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Marauder Ant sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see an Asian Marauder Ant?

Only Taroko National Park, in our data

Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Asian Marauder Ant sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Asian Marauder Ant live in Taroko National Park?

Same family: Formicidae

The closest relatives of the Asian Marauder Ant that you can see in Taroko National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Camponotus habereri (about 50%), Polyrhachis wolfi (about 20%) and Yellow Crazy Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Asian Marauder Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Asian Marauder Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (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.

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