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Lasius niger

Black garden ant

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Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Small Black Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Lasius

Lasius niger

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

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species of insect

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Occurrences (GBIF) 62 countries · 48074 records GBIF · updated on 18/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1853: 17 1854: 1 1857: 6 1858: 2 1861: 2 1864: 1 1866: 2 1869: 4 1870: 4 1871: 6 1872: 2 1873: 22 1874: 4 1877: 6 1879: 5 1881: 6 1882: 3 1883: 1 1884: 17 1885: 4 1886: 12 1887: 6 1890: 3 1891: 3 1895: 5 1896: 6 1897: 4 1899: 2 1900: 7 1901: 3 1903: 8 1905: 50 1906: 10 1907: 20 1908: 5 1909: 23 1910: 21 1911: 5 1912: 3 1913: 10 1914: 6 1915: 8 1916: 9 1917: 20 1918: 7 1919: 19 1920: 7 1921: 3 1922: 14 1923: 15 1924: 8 1925: 110 1926: 13 1927: 2 1928: 12 1929: 19 1930: 51 1931: 31 1932: 15 1933: 151 1934: 57 1935: 47 1936: 45 1937: 57 1938: 57 1939: 101 1940: 65 1941: 134 1942: 89 1943: 44 1944: 38 1945: 12 1946: 25 1947: 22 1948: 35 1949: 73 1950: 7 1951: 40 1952: 55 1953: 72 1954: 36 1955: 38 1956: 18 1957: 20 1958: 26 1959: 86 1960: 46 1961: 18 1962: 66 1963: 33 1964: 92 1965: 131 1966: 65 1967: 56 1968: 77 1969: 97 1970: 171 1971: 92 1972: 103 1973: 51 1974: 51 1975: 43 1976: 53 1977: 243 1978: 87 1979: 280 1980: 129 1981: 111 1982: 91 1983: 66 1984: 51 1985: 61 1986: 191 1987: 206 1988: 212 1989: 237 1990: 170 1991: 175 1992: 363 1993: 180 1994: 132 1995: 183 1996: 378 1997: 335 1998: 393 1999: 729 2000: 921 2001: 870 2002: 1,742 2003: 487 2004: 457 2005: 336 2006: 265 2007: 547 2008: 979 2009: 919 2010: 1,150 2011: 1,817 2012: 910 2013: 895 2014: 1,143 2015: 1,686 2016: 4,678 2017: 1,969 2018: 2,510 2019: 4,165 2020: 1,541 2021: 1,714 2022: 1,542 2023: 1,597 2024: 1,531 2025: 1,449 2026: 857
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YearRecords
185317
18541
18576
18582
18612
18641
18662
18694
18704
18716
18722
187322
18744
18776
18795
18816
18823
18831
188417
18854
188612
18876
18903
18913
18955
18966
18974
18992
19007
19013
19038
190550
190610
190720
19085
190923
191021
19115
19123
191310
19146
19158
19169
191720
19187
191919
19207
19213
192214
192315
19248
1925110
192613
19272
192812
192919
193051
193131
193215
1933151
193457
193547
193645
193757
193857
1939101
194065
1941134
194289
194344
194438
194512
194625
194722
194835
194973
19507
195140
195255
195372
195436
195538
195618
195720
195826
195986
196046
196118
196266
196333
196492
1965131
196665
196756
196877
196997
1970171
197192
1972103
197351
197451
197543
197653
1977243
197887
1979280
1980129
1981111
198291
198366
198451
198561
1986191
1987206
1988212
1989237
1990170
1991175
1992363
1993180
1994132
1995183
1996378
1997335
1998393
1999729
2000921
2001870
20021,742
2003487
2004457
2005336
2006265
2007547
2008979
2009919
20101,150
20111,817
2012910
2013895
20141,143
20151,686
20164,678
20171,969
20182,510
20194,165
20201,541
20211,714
20221,542
20231,597
20241,531
20251,449
2026857
United Kingdom · 8,006 Belgium · 7,156 Switzerland · 5,199 Netherlands · 3,772 Sweden · 3,387 Poland · 3,312 Germany · 2,995 France · 2,705 Denmark · 2,211 Russia · 1,171 Finland · 1,109 South Korea · 1,097 Norway · 1,001 United States · 887 Italy · 520 Spain · 500 Estonia · 368 Canada · 351 Hungary · 335 Austria · 325 China · 304 Luxembourg · 297 Japan · 252 Bulgaria · 121 Serbia · 100 Ireland · 85 Croatia · 79 Ukraine · 69 Belarus · 63 Isle of Man · 50 Czechia · 43 Slovakia · 41 Portugal · 26 Åland Islands · 17 Slovenia · 17 Iceland · 15 Latvia · 14 Romania · 9 Morocco · 8 Taiwan · 6 Montenegro · 6 Lithuania · 5 Mongolia · 5 Greece · 4 Mexico · 4 Jersey · 4 Guernsey · 3 Lebanon · 2 Unknown Region · 2 Pakistan · 2 Liechtenstein · 2 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2 Albania · 1 Australia · 1 Azerbaijan · 1 Côte d’Ivoire · 1 Gibraltar · 1 North Korea · 1 Kazakhstan · 1 Moldova · 1 Madagascar · 1 Turkey · 1
Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 50326 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 10/08/2026 · Female · User 64119 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Björkskatan, Nb, Sweden 10/08/2026 · Arvin Lundström · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
United Kingdom 10/08/2026 · Jae Walker · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Emmen - Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen, Netherlands 09/08/2026 · User 165002 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United Kingdom 08/08/2026 · davidkeeble · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Holmenv./Fanérv. Blomstermåla, Sm, Sweden 08/08/2026 · Patrik Lauthers · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 07/08/2026 · Ольга Таланцева · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Täljstenen, Eriksberg, Upl, Sweden 07/08/2026 · Owe Rosengren, Ylva Trossvik · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Graneberg, Graneberg, Upl, Sweden 07/08/2026 · Camilla Pakka · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record

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