Formica polyctena

European red wood ant

Genus: Formica

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Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850

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

European Red Wood Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica polyctena

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

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species of insect

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(c) Jonas Konicek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jonas Konicek · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist

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Occurrences (GBIF) 27 countries · 25269 records

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Year	Records
1853	10
1857	2
1858	4
1870	11
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1883	8
1887	1
1889	1
1896	2
1905	2
1910	2
1913	1
1914	2
1915	20
1916	5
1917	5
1918	35
1919	4
1920	5
1923	31
1925	6
1926	1
1928	2
1929	6
1930	10
1932	9
1933	2
1934	6
1935	9
1936	2
1937	5
1938	26
1939	102
1940	74
1941	25
1942	106
1943	3
1944	63
1945	4
1946	3
1947	34
1948	5
1949	21
1950	15
1951	49
1952	34
1953	14
1954	58
1955	59
1956	39
1957	14
1958	68
1959	9
1960	118
1961	270
1962	30
1963	44
1964	50
1965	40
1966	95
1967	56
1968	40
1969	85
1970	78
1971	75
1972	36
1974	138
1975	29
1976	142
1977	240
1978	276
1979	150
1980	301
1981	197
1982	315
1983	105
1984	18
1985	36
1986	151
1987	132
1988	61
1989	93
1990	173
1991	71
1992	24
1993	27
1994	33
1995	48
1996	33
1997	59
1998	44
1999	19
2000	306
2001	54
2002	144
2003	133
2004	66
2005	92
2006	51
2007	733
2008	856
2009	273
2010	226
2011	301
2012	215
2013	242
2014	219
2015	839
2016	1,070
2017	394
2018	394
2019	12,064
2020	223
2021	263
2022	376
2023	217
2024	154
2025	185
2026	137

Poland · 11,642 Switzerland · 5,803 Denmark · 1,663 Belgium · 1,557 Netherlands · 1,191 Sweden · 956 Russia · 918 Germany · 539 France · 315 Norway · 292 Finland · 134 Hungary · 65 Luxembourg · 45 Austria · 43 Estonia · 42 Liechtenstein · 16 Ukraine · 14 Czechia · 11 Åland Islands · 7 Slovakia · 4 Italy · 3 Lithuania · 3 Greece · 2 Spain · 1 Belarus · 1 Kazakhstan · 1 Serbia · 1

Furevatn N, Fyresdal, Te, Norway 26/06/2026 · Svein Almedal · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Arnhem - Vrijland Veteranen Landgoed, Netherlands 24/06/2026 · User 291542 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Ommen - Natuurgebied Beerze - Beerzerbelten, Netherlands 22/06/2026 · Female · User 128239 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Czechia 20/06/2026 · Petr Harant · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Bilthoven - Beukenburg/ De Leyen, Netherlands 18/06/2026 · Female · User 918603 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Ameland - Lange Duinen, Netherlands 17/06/2026 · Male · User 71033 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Willemsoord, Netherlands 08/06/2026 · User 307 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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