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Camponotus japonicus

Japanese carpenter ant

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Camponotus japonicus

AntCat · view at source · updated on 05/08/2026
Author: Mayr, 1866 species Valid name

Formicidae

Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Japanese Carpenter Ant

SPECIES Valid name

Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Camponotus

Camponotus japonicus

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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Occurrences (GBIF) 8 countries · 5335 records GBIF · updated on 06/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1900: 2 1909: 2 1914: 7 1915: 1 1929: 1 1931: 1 1932: 2 1933: 6 1934: 1 1935: 8 1936: 5 1940: 1 1946: 1 1949: 2 1951: 4 1955: 3 1961: 2 1962: 5 1967: 2 1969: 1 1975: 4 1978: 6 1979: 4 1980: 1 1981: 7 1982: 1 1983: 7 1984: 26 1985: 7 1986: 8 1987: 3 1988: 6 1989: 2 1990: 30 1991: 4 1992: 27 1993: 44 1994: 5 1995: 2 1996: 15 1997: 10 1998: 1 1999: 2 2000: 2 2001: 2 2002: 2 2003: 2 2004: 8 2005: 6 2006: 11 2007: 58 2008: 127 2009: 70 2010: 127 2011: 158 2012: 589 2013: 82 2014: 81 2015: 29 2016: 72 2017: 205 2018: 220 2019: 242 2020: 108 2021: 85 2022: 253 2023: 298 2024: 453 2025: 746 2026: 582
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YearRecords
19002
19092
19147
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19291
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19341
19358
19365
19401
19461
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19514
19553
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19672
19691
19754
19786
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198426
19857
19868
19873
19886
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199030
19914
199227
199344
19945
19952
199615
199710
19981
19992
20002
20012
20022
20032
20048
20056
200611
200758
2008127
200970
2010127
2011158
2012589
201382
201481
201529
201672
2017205
2018220
2019242
2020108
202185
2022253
2023298
2024453
2025746
2026582
South Korea · 2,911 Japan · 1,681 China · 675 Mongolia · 33 Russia · 27 North Korea · 6 India · 1 Somalia · 1
China 26/07/2026 · 晚昼 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 21/07/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
China 20/07/2026 · Baixun Xun · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
China 19/07/2026 · 鐦鍆錒/锎钔锕(Man Hoimoon) · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
China 19/07/2026 · 维生素 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 18/07/2026 · ippanjin · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 16/07/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
China 15/07/2026 · 管牧山 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 15/07/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
China 15/07/2026 · 冰绒绒绒 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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