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Formica sanguinea

Slave-making ant

Genus: Formica
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Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

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

Slave-making Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica sanguinea

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

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species of insect

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(c) kisstamas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by kisstamas · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Raoul Gerend, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Raoul Gerend · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist
(c) Alejandro Ocampo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Alejandro Ocampo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Mardon Erbland · CC0 · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 49 countries · 13299 records GBIF · updated on 18/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1858: 10 1861: 2 1866: 4 1870: 1 1871: 2 1873: 6 1876: 2 1890: 1 1894: 1 1900: 4 1902: 1 1903: 2 1904: 1 1909: 8 1910: 6 1911: 12 1912: 20 1914: 2 1916: 1 1917: 1 1919: 3 1920: 66 1921: 3 1922: 30 1923: 4 1924: 1 1925: 10 1926: 3 1927: 1 1929: 7 1931: 16 1932: 25 1933: 2 1934: 113 1935: 25 1936: 4 1937: 28 1938: 54 1939: 225 1940: 33 1941: 84 1942: 75 1943: 63 1944: 15 1945: 10 1946: 40 1947: 21 1948: 25 1949: 37 1950: 47 1951: 66 1952: 41 1953: 111 1954: 55 1955: 16 1956: 19 1957: 26 1958: 43 1959: 31 1960: 40 1961: 12 1962: 47 1963: 10 1964: 48 1965: 51 1966: 20 1967: 21 1968: 47 1969: 93 1970: 56 1971: 40 1972: 33 1973: 47 1974: 46 1975: 24 1976: 126 1977: 138 1978: 43 1979: 43 1980: 93 1981: 63 1982: 42 1983: 24 1984: 1 1985: 9 1986: 19 1987: 36 1988: 79 1989: 58 1990: 25 1991: 28 1992: 77 1993: 56 1994: 27 1995: 76 1996: 34 1997: 129 1998: 138 1999: 101 2000: 98 2001: 69 2002: 138 2003: 47 2004: 112 2005: 126 2006: 40 2007: 233 2008: 427 2009: 301 2010: 284 2011: 379 2012: 228 2013: 227 2014: 229 2015: 270 2016: 389 2017: 355 2018: 227 2019: 527 2020: 542 2021: 545 2022: 505 2023: 578 2024: 785 2025: 943 2026: 689
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YearRecords
185810
18612
18664
18701
18712
18736
18762
18901
18941
19004
19021
19032
19041
19098
19106
191112
191220
19142
19161
19171
19193
192066
19213
192230
19234
19241
192510
19263
19271
19297
193116
193225
19332
1934113
193525
19364
193728
193854
1939225
194033
194184
194275
194363
194415
194510
194640
194721
194825
194937
195047
195166
195241
1953111
195455
195516
195619
195726
195843
195931
196040
196112
196247
196310
196448
196551
196620
196721
196847
196993
197056
197140
197233
197347
197446
197524
1976126
1977138
197843
197943
198093
198163
198242
198324
19841
19859
198619
198736
198879
198958
199025
199128
199277
199356
199427
199576
199634
1997129
1998138
1999101
200098
200169
2002138
200347
2004112
2005126
200640
2007233
2008427
2009301
2010284
2011379
2012228
2013227
2014229
2015270
2016389
2017355
2018227
2019527
2020542
2021545
2022505
2023578
2024785
2025943
2026689
Netherlands · 2,564 Switzerland · 2,324 Belgium · 1,819 Sweden · 1,144 Denmark · 1,008 United Kingdom · 686 France · 640 Germany · 586 Russia · 350 Finland · 303 United States · 219 Norway · 218 Austria · 176 Spain · 149 Hungary · 145 Luxembourg · 138 Poland · 131 South Korea · 128 Estonia · 108 Czechia · 76 Italy · 70 Japan · 44 Canada · 38 China · 29 Kazakhstan · 27 Ukraine · 26 Bulgaria · 24 Slovakia · 14 Turkey · 13 Greece · 13 Portugal · 12 Romania · 10 Mongolia · 9 Serbia · 9 Andorra · 7 Lithuania · 7 Croatia · 7 Belarus · 6 Latvia · 4 Slovenia · 4 Georgia · 4 Albania · 2 Iran · 2 Åland Islands · 1 Azerbaijan · 1 North Korea · 1 North Macedonia · 1 Pakistan · 1 Unknown Region · 1
Oostelbeers - Oostelbeersche Heide, Netherlands 14/08/2026 · Female · User 73023 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Oostelbeers - Oostelbeersche Heide, Netherlands 14/08/2026 · Female · User 73023 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 11/08/2026 · Female · User 70807 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kootwijk - Kootwijkerzand - Oost, Netherlands 11/08/2026 · Female · User 385270 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kootwijk - Kootwijkerzand - Oost, Netherlands 11/08/2026 · Female · User 3121 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide - Jagersrust e.o., Netherlands 10/08/2026 · Female · User 51051 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Greece 10/08/2026 · Grant · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 08/08/2026 · Taehyeon Ahn · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Sweden 08/08/2026 · Janne · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Loonse en Drunense Duinen, Netherlands 08/08/2026 · User 123975 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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