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Myrmica rubra

European fire ant

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Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Red Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Myrmica

Myrmica rubra

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

About the species

type species of the genus Myrmica

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(c) Marie Lou Legrand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

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

(c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Even Dankowicz · CC BY · iNaturalist

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

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

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

(c) Benjamin Burgunder, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Benjamin Burgunder · CC BY · iNaturalist

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

Occurrences (GBIF) 42 countries · 31801 records

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Year	Records
1800	4
1841	1
1845	2
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1853	18
1855	2
1857	4
1858	1
1866	2
1867	11
1869	4
1870	5
1872	2
1873	6
1876	1
1877	3
1884	5
1889	2
1891	4
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	3
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	6
1903	4
1905	6
1906	1
1907	2
1908	4
1909	16
1910	28
1911	3
1912	37
1913	4
1914	20
1915	12
1916	10
1917	5
1918	10
1919	20
1920	54
1921	6
1922	49
1923	16
1924	20
1925	6
1926	4
1927	3
1928	11
1929	29
1930	38
1931	10
1932	28
1933	123
1934	2
1935	6
1936	51
1937	59
1938	112
1939	521
1940	257
1941	151
1942	96
1943	46
1944	20
1945	65
1946	32
1947	71
1948	90
1949	30
1950	23
1951	59
1952	28
1953	8
1954	77
1955	39
1956	67
1957	69
1958	67
1959	18
1960	69
1961	34
1962	72
1963	23
1964	150
1965	94
1966	117
1967	91
1968	43
1969	92
1970	46
1971	65
1972	47
1973	26
1974	58
1975	72
1976	51
1977	204
1978	105
1979	77
1980	87
1981	64
1982	61
1983	63
1984	65
1985	87
1986	136
1987	321
1988	310
1989	299
1990	210
1991	91
1992	422
1993	251
1994	230
1995	94
1996	143
1997	238
1998	154
1999	411
2000	1,126
2001	585
2002	1,063
2003	348
2004	292
2005	333
2006	404
2007	464
2008	602
2009	564
2010	713
2011	880
2012	427
2013	3,079
2014	587
2015	695
2016	900
2017	739
2018	887
2019	1,366
2020	860
2021	752
2022	830
2023	967
2024	1,109
2025	1,182
2026	890

Belgium · 6,295 United Kingdom · 3,730 Canada · 3,529 Switzerland · 3,223 Netherlands · 3,130 Finland · 1,753 Sweden · 1,591 France · 1,288 Denmark · 1,268 Germany · 1,253 Norway · 859 Poland · 670 Russia · 618 United States · 556 Austria · 494 Hungary · 303 Italy · 246 Estonia · 216 Ireland · 216 Luxembourg · 177 Åland Islands · 79 Ukraine · 71 Spain · 62 Croatia · 40 Czechia · 28 Serbia · 18 Belarus · 12 Japan · 12 Lithuania · 12 South Korea · 9 Slovakia · 9 Romania · 7 Bulgaria · 7 Portugal · 4 Slovenia · 4 Iceland · 3 Andorra · 2 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2 Latvia · 2 Indonesia · 1 Isle of Man · 1 Montenegro · 1

Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 50326 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Hardenberg - Rheezermaten, Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 385270 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Amsterdam - Heemtuin Vogeleiland, Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 99736 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Den Haag - Westduinpark, Netherlands 14/08/2026 · User 255461 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Den Haag - Westduinpark, Netherlands 13/08/2026 · Female · User 255461 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Vlieland - Bomenland, Netherlands 12/08/2026 · User 165002 · 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

Canada 10/08/2026 · Female · Léo-Guy de Repentigny · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Austria 08/08/2026 · Benjamin Schedl · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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