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Messor capitatus

Large-headed harvester ant

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Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)

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

European Seed Harvesting Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Messor

Messor capitatus

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

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species of insect

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

(c) Max Carter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Max Carter · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

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

(c) Emmett Collins-Sussman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Emmett Collins-Sussman · CC BY · iNaturalist

(c) Bartosz Fidor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bartosz Fidor · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

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

(c) Ewen Amossé, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ewen Amossé · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

Occurrences (GBIF) 21 countries · 1718 records

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Year	Records
1896	1
1946	2
1947	2
1949	1
1960	7
1966	1
1969	1
1970	6
1972	1
1973	8
1974	2
1975	2
1976	2
1977	12
1978	2
1979	2
1980	3
1981	1
1982	1
1983	2
1984	3
1985	2
1986	1
1987	1
1988	2
1991	9
1998	1
2000	1
2001	6
2003	1
2004	4
2006	3
2007	3
2008	18
2009	20
2010	19
2011	18
2012	20
2013	64
2014	68
2015	27
2016	75
2017	53
2018	32
2019	45
2020	63
2021	56
2022	65
2023	96
2024	249
2025	191
2026	83

Spain · 653 France · 483 Italy · 389 Croatia · 82 Israel · 24 Malta · 19 Kuwait · 16 Portugal · 15 Algeria · 13 Slovenia · 4 Greece · 4 Tunisia · 3 Turkey · 3 Serbia · 2 Morocco · 2 Egypt · 1 Jordan · 1 Oman · 1 Saudi Arabia · 1 Syria · 1 Yemen · 1

Italy 09/08/2026 · maguire · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 07/08/2026 · Fabian Klimm · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 06/08/2026 · vanguardgrace · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

France 31/07/2026 · olivialopatka · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 31/07/2026 · Adrian Matala · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 30/07/2026 · Giada · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Croatia 28/07/2026 · Bernd De Bosscher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 28/07/2026 · antslife · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 27/07/2026 · Tenna · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 26/07/2026 · Ariel Morais · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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