When do ants fly in Cairns?
Australia
90 ant species recorded within 50km of Cairns, Australia, which has a tropical climate, warm and humid year-round.
Sampled centre: -16.92°, 145.77° (species observed within a 50km radius, GBIF occurrence records, not a live forecast).
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This close to the equator, flights follow the wet season rather than a fixed month. Check the app for today's local forecast.
Cairns has a tropical climate, warm and humid year-round.
Species recorded here
Big-headed ants (Pheidole megacephala)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Bull ants (Myrmecia athertonensis)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Bull ants (Myrmecia auriventris)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Bull ants (Myrmecia mjobergi)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Bull ants (Myrmecia nigrocincta)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Bull ants (Myrmecia petiolata)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Bull ants (Myrmecia rowlandi)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Carebara ants (Carebara affinis)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Carpenter ants (Camponotus aeneopilosus)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Carpenter ants (Camponotus confucii)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Carpenter ants (Camponotus vitreus)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Crazy ants (Nylanderia glabrior)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Discothyrea ants (Discothyrea velutina)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Dolichoderus ants (Dolichoderus scrobiculatus)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Funnel ants (Aphaenogaster pythia)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Heteroponera ants (Heteroponera relicta)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Leptogenys ants (Leptogenys diminuta)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Longhorn crazy ants (Paratrechina longicornis)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Mayriella ants (Mayriella abstinens)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Meat ants (Iridomyrmex anceps)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Meat ants (Iridomyrmex mjobergi)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Meat ants (Iridomyrmex pallidus)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Meat ants (Iridomyrmex suchieri)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Myrmecina ants (Myrmecina difficulta)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Myrmecina ants (Myrmecina eruga)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Myrmecina ants (Myrmecina inaequala)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Myrmecina ants (Myrmecina pumila)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Ponera ants (Ponera leae)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Rhytidoponera ants (Rhytidoponera chnoopyx)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Rhytidoponera ants (Rhytidoponera impressa)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Rhytidoponera ants (Rhytidoponera kurandensis)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Rhytidoponera ants (Rhytidoponera purpurea)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Rhytidoponera ants (Rhytidoponera rufiventris)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Rhytidoponera ants (Rhytidoponera spoliata)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Sharp-jawed ants (Orectognathus darlingtoni)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Sharp-jawed ants (Orectognathus nanus)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Sharp-jawed ants (Orectognathus sexspinosus)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis abbreviata)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis brevinoda)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis cleopatra)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis cupreata)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis delicata)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis foreli)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis monteithi)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis mucronata)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis robsoni)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis sokolova)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis thusnelda)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis yarrabahensis)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Spiny ants (Polyrhachis yorkana)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Trap-jaw ants (Odontomachus cephalotes)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
Trap-jaw ants (Odontomachus turneri)Follows the wet season, not a fixed month
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