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Formica subsericea

Silky Field Ant

Genus: Formica
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Formica subsericea Say, 1836

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

Silky Field Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica subsericea

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

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species of insect

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(c) Margarita Lankford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Margarita Lankford · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) solomon v. hendrix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by solomon v. hendrix · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Emmett Collins-Sussman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Emmett Collins-Sussman · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Emmett Collins-Sussman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Emmett Collins-Sussman · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) cassi saari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by cassi saari · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Emmett Collins-Sussman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Emmett Collins-Sussman · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Emmett Collins-Sussman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Emmett Collins-Sussman · CC BY · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 2 countries · 4446 records GBIF · updated on 14/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1892: 1 1908: 1 1909: 1 1912: 1 1914: 4 1915: 2 1917: 1 1919: 5 1920: 3 1921: 3 1922: 14 1924: 2 1925: 1 1926: 10 1927: 1 1930: 11 1932: 1 1933: 1 1934: 4 1935: 1 1936: 3 1937: 3 1938: 6 1939: 3 1940: 16 1943: 1 1946: 1 1947: 1 1948: 2 1949: 8 1950: 4 1951: 2 1952: 10 1954: 3 1955: 4 1956: 2 1957: 1 1958: 2 1959: 14 1961: 8 1962: 1 1963: 8 1964: 3 1967: 1 1968: 2 1969: 4 1970: 3 1971: 3 1972: 7 1973: 2 1975: 8 1977: 12 1978: 9 1979: 20 1980: 1 1981: 6 1983: 14 1984: 5 1985: 13 1986: 4 1987: 8 1989: 57 1990: 76 1991: 8 1992: 20 1993: 17 1994: 49 1995: 66 1996: 23 1997: 29 1998: 8 1999: 48 2000: 17 2001: 21 2002: 14 2003: 133 2004: 69 2005: 55 2006: 92 2007: 29 2008: 22 2009: 76 2010: 58 2011: 6 2012: 15 2013: 61 2014: 63 2015: 41 2016: 13 2017: 74 2018: 89 2019: 84 2020: 172 2021: 168 2022: 182 2023: 272 2024: 499 2025: 862 2026: 428
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YearRecords
18921
19081
19091
19121
19144
19152
19171
19195
19203
19213
192214
19242
19251
192610
19271
193011
19321
19331
19344
19351
19363
19373
19386
19393
194016
19431
19461
19471
19482
19498
19504
19512
195210
19543
19554
19562
19571
19582
195914
19618
19621
19638
19643
19671
19682
19694
19703
19713
19727
19732
19758
197712
19789
197920
19801
19816
198314
19845
198513
19864
19878
198957
199076
19918
199220
199317
199449
199566
199623
199729
19988
199948
200017
200121
200214
2003133
200469
200555
200692
200729
200822
200976
201058
20116
201215
201361
201463
201541
201613
201774
201889
201984
2020172
2021168
2022182
2023272
2024499
2025862
2026428
United States · 4,061 Canada · 385
United States 10/08/2026 · Opal Tree Acres · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 08/08/2026 · Female · nhfrommn66 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 08/08/2026 · Matthew Beziat · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 06/08/2026 · Milwaukee County Parks - Natural Areas Program · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Winnipeg, Canada 05/08/2026 · Female · 231 m · B. Krongold · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 05/08/2026 · KoenraadHilde · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 04/08/2026 · Randy Bodkins · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 04/08/2026 · rayrob · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 04/08/2026 · Alex Yu · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 03/08/2026 · John Baur · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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