Camponotus sericeiventris
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Camponotus sericeiventris, the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America. It is the only species in the subgenus Myrmepomis. These five subspecies belong to the species Camponotus sericeiventris: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sighting in Tikal National Park on a given day, based on 49 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 18 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant in Tikal National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shimmering Golden Sugar 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 33 parks where we can rate Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant sightings, Tikal National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Formicidae
The closest relatives of the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant that you can see in Tikal National Park (family Formicidae, Ants) are Hairy-Headed Leafcutter Ant (about 20%), Dolichoderus bispinosus (about 20%) and Burchell's Army Ant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shimmering Golden Sugar Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Tikal National Park (49 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.
