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Formica

Wood, Mound, And Field Ants

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Species

Formica cunicularia

Field ant
Species

Formica fusca

Silky ant
Species

Formica japonica

Japanese wood ant
Species

Formica polyctena

European red wood ant
Species

Formica rufa

Red wood ant
Species

Formica rufibarbis

Red-barbed ant
Species

Formica sanguinea

Slave-making ant
Species

Formica subsericea

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Scientific data

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Formica Linnaeus, 1758

GBIF · view at source · updated on 13/07/2026

Wood, Mound, And Field Ants

GENUS Valid name

Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 13/07/2026

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(c) Hjalte Kjærby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Hjalte Kjærby · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
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Occurrences (GBIF) 98 countries · 350665 records GBIF · updated on 04/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1507: 1 1798: 1 1800: 9 1809: 1 1824: 1 1826: 1 1829: 1 1834: 1 1845: 1 1846: 2 1847: 1 1848: 1 1849: 2 1850: 6 1852: 4 1853: 44 1854: 14 1855: 16 1856: 2 1857: 14 1858: 87 1861: 2 1866: 24 1868: 10 1869: 18 1870: 27 1871: 2 1872: 6 1873: 92 1874: 12 1875: 16 1876: 3 1877: 13 1878: 22 1879: 10 1880: 5 1881: 10 1882: 17 1883: 36 1884: 6 1885: 22 1886: 21 1887: 69 1888: 15 1889: 27 1890: 16 1891: 60 1892: 26 1893: 26 1894: 29 1895: 19 1896: 27 1897: 30 1898: 30 1899: 26 1900: 27 1901: 62 1902: 65 1903: 119 1904: 73 1905: 177 1906: 251 1907: 75 1908: 146 1909: 92 1910: 159 1911: 88 1912: 120 1913: 85 1914: 106 1915: 264 1916: 74 1917: 547 1918: 80 1919: 123 1920: 364 1921: 124 1922: 225 1923: 159 1924: 160 1925: 132 1926: 179 1927: 105 1928: 89 1929: 177 1930: 195 1931: 253 1932: 311 1933: 362 1934: 479 1935: 369 1936: 333 1937: 283 1938: 697 1939: 2,036 1940: 968 1941: 731 1942: 765 1943: 349 1944: 619 1945: 701 1946: 700 1947: 1,059 1948: 388 1949: 722 1950: 577 1951: 947 1952: 1,182 1953: 890 1954: 1,025 1955: 908 1956: 598 1957: 623 1958: 1,233 1959: 809 1960: 1,258 1961: 2,450 1962: 1,527 1963: 570 1964: 908 1965: 872 1966: 587 1967: 582 1968: 696 1969: 1,125 1970: 945 1971: 780 1972: 955 1973: 972 1974: 1,180 1975: 544 1976: 1,796 1977: 2,085 1978: 1,919 1979: 2,527 1980: 2,096 1981: 1,295 1982: 2,012 1983: 1,106 1984: 583 1985: 722 1986: 1,884 1987: 2,113 1988: 1,701 1989: 1,445 1990: 1,027 1991: 942 1992: 1,863 1993: 2,015 1994: 3,601 1995: 2,393 1996: 1,460 1997: 2,716 1998: 2,442 1999: 1,697 2000: 5,780 2001: 2,558 2002: 4,089 2003: 3,276 2004: 3,334 2005: 3,060 2006: 3,478 2007: 5,844 2008: 5,766 2009: 6,381 2010: 6,858 2011: 9,968 2012: 11,846 2013: 13,129 2014: 16,421 2015: 8,182 2016: 7,895 2017: 8,518 2018: 7,212 2019: 27,250 2020: 9,925 2021: 10,181 2022: 8,637 2023: 10,682 2024: 11,313 2025: 13,502 2026: 9,233
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YearRecords
15071
17981
18009
18091
18241
18261
18291
18341
18451
18462
18471
18481
18492
18506
18524
185344
185414
185516
18562
185714
185887
18612
186624
186810
186918
187027
18712
18726
187392
187412
187516
18763
187713
187822
187910
18805
188110
188217
188336
18846
188522
188621
188769
188815
188927
189016
189160
189226
189326
189429
189519
189627
189730
189830
189926
190027
190162
190265
1903119
190473
1905177
1906251
190775
1908146
190992
1910159
191188
1912120
191385
1914106
1915264
191674
1917547
191880
1919123
1920364
1921124
1922225
1923159
1924160
1925132
1926179
1927105
192889
1929177
1930195
1931253
1932311
1933362
1934479
1935369
1936333
1937283
1938697
19392,036
1940968
1941731
1942765
1943349
1944619
1945701
1946700
19471,059
1948388
1949722
1950577
1951947
19521,182
1953890
19541,025
1955908
1956598
1957623
19581,233
1959809
19601,258
19612,450
19621,527
1963570
1964908
1965872
1966587
1967582
1968696
19691,125
1970945
1971780
1972955
1973972
19741,180
1975544
19761,796
19772,085
19781,919
19792,527
19802,096
19811,295
19822,012
19831,106
1984583
1985722
19861,884
19872,113
19881,701
19891,445
19901,027
1991942
19921,863
19932,015
19943,601
19952,393
19961,460
19972,716
19982,442
19991,697
20005,780
20012,558
20024,089
20033,276
20043,334
20053,060
20063,478
20075,844
20085,766
20096,381
20106,858
20119,968
201211,846
201313,129
201416,421
20158,182
20167,895
20178,518
20187,212
201927,250
20209,925
202110,181
20228,637
202310,682
202411,313
202513,502
20269,233
United States · 74,266 Switzerland · 51,571 Canada · 37,834 Finland · 26,943 Sweden · 20,586 Netherlands · 20,064 United Kingdom · 16,426 France · 14,457 Belgium · 14,227 Poland · 12,970 Denmark · 11,595 Germany · 10,165 Russia · 7,234 Norway · 5,933 South Korea · 3,660 Spain · 3,522 Estonia · 2,479 Austria · 2,439 Hungary · 2,000 Japan · 1,930 Italy · 1,826 Mexico · 1,374 Ukraine · 1,001 Luxembourg · 841 Serbia · 546 Ireland · 463 Czechia · 460 China · 413 South Africa · 378 Croatia · 332 Mongolia · 276 Bulgaria · 232 Greece · 230 Turkey · 196 Kazakhstan · 151 Portugal · 144 Lithuania · 133 Slovakia · 121 Romania · 95 Kyrgyzstan · 92 Belarus · 92 Isle of Man · 81 Slovenia · 70 Montenegro · 69 Iran · 66 Åland Islands · 56 Guernsey · 54 Taiwan · 47 Latvia · 46 Andorra · 43 Lesotho · 42 Pakistan · 40 Liechtenstein · 33 India · 23 Georgia · 23 Uzbekistan · 21 Jersey · 16 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 16 Guatemala · 16 Afghanistan · 14 Armenia · 13 Indonesia · 13 Albania · 13 Honduras · 12 Syria · 12 Azerbaijan · 11 Madagascar · 11 North Macedonia · 9 St. Pierre & Miquelon · 9 Cyprus · 7 Zimbabwe · 7 Unknown Region · 7 Moldova · 7 Turkmenistan · 6 Colombia · 5 Kosovo · 5 Morocco · 5 Panama · 5 Côte d’Ivoire · 4 Australia · 3 Lebanon · 3 Tajikistan · 3 Tunisia · 2 Peru · 2 Myanmar (Burma) · 2 North Korea · 2 Costa Rica · 2 Bhutan · 2 Bangladesh · 1 Brazil · 1 Algeria · 1 Greenland · 1 Guyana · 1 Kenya · 1 Malta · 1 Namibia · 1 San Marino · 1 Venezuela · 1
Iso Lammisaari etelärannan keskikohta kalliojyrkänteen kallioseinämällä., Finland 29/07/2026 · Kristoffer Bondestam · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Skibotnutløpet NR – Søndre deler, Norway 26/07/2026 · Female · 2 m · Olsen, K.M. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Skibotnutløpet NR – Søndre deler, Norway 26/07/2026 · Female · 1 m · Olsen, K.M. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Skibotnutløpet NR – Søndre deler, Norway 26/07/2026 · Female · 1 m · Olsen, K.M. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 24/07/2026 · Tomaschek Dénes · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 24/07/2026 · Tomaschek Dénes · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Badjeringi N, Norway 23/07/2026 · Female · 20 m · Olsen, K.M. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Serbia 16/07/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Serbia 16/07/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Serbia 16/07/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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