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Formica japonica

Japanese wood ant

Genus: Formica
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Formica japonica Motschoulsky, 1866

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

Japanese Wood Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica japonica

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

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species of insect

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(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kumon, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) sachiishi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 7 countries · 4567 records GBIF · updated on 14/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1899: 1 1906: 1 1908: 1 1909: 2 1914: 2 1933: 2 1940: 1 1947: 2 1951: 1 1955: 1 1960: 2 1965: 2 1969: 1 1979: 1 1980: 2 1981: 1 1983: 3 1984: 5 1985: 7 1986: 1 1987: 1 1988: 7 1989: 4 1990: 17 1991: 1 1992: 29 1993: 3 1994: 10 1995: 7 1996: 27 1997: 24 1998: 10 1999: 18 2000: 44 2001: 1 2002: 1 2003: 22 2004: 3 2006: 12 2007: 59 2008: 115 2009: 81 2010: 94 2011: 137 2012: 200 2013: 75 2014: 73 2015: 25 2016: 126 2017: 234 2018: 262 2019: 661 2020: 64 2021: 40 2022: 81 2023: 140 2024: 271 2025: 498 2026: 501
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YearRecords
18991
19061
19081
19092
19142
19332
19401
19472
19511
19551
19602
19652
19691
19791
19802
19811
19833
19845
19857
19861
19871
19887
19894
199017
19911
199229
19933
199410
19957
199627
199724
199810
199918
200044
20011
20021
200322
20043
200612
200759
2008115
200981
201094
2011137
2012200
201375
201473
201525
2016126
2017234
2018262
2019661
202064
202140
202281
2023140
2024271
2025498
2026501
South Korea · 3,108 Japan · 1,366 China · 62 Taiwan · 24 Russia · 5 Germany · 1 North Korea · 1
South Korea 10/08/2026 · 변은영 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 10/08/2026 · S.Ookubo · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 09/08/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 09/08/2026 · さっくさく · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 09/08/2026 · Martin Kalfatovic · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 09/08/2026 · 김민성 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 09/08/2026 · m_sato · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 08/08/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 08/08/2026 · penny0502 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 07/08/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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