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Nylanderia

Crazy ants

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Nylanderia fulva

Tawny crazy ant

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Nylanderia Emery, 1906

GBIF · view at source · updated on 15/07/2026

Crazy ants

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Nylanderia

Nylanderia

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 15/07/2026

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genus of insects

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(c) Mike Quinn, San Marcos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Ιωαννης Μαρνιερακις, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ιωαννης Μαρνιερακις · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Bill Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · iNaturalist
(c) Hamish Robertson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Hamish Robertson · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Matt Tudor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matt Tudor · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 136 countries · 39954 records GBIF · updated on 14/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1832: 2 1878: 1 1883: 3 1892: 1 1894: 2 1896: 3 1898: 1 1899: 1 1900: 4 1901: 5 1902: 8 1903: 2 1904: 8 1905: 5 1906: 1 1907: 7 1908: 16 1909: 10 1910: 2 1911: 5 1912: 7 1914: 5 1915: 1 1916: 6 1918: 8 1919: 55 1920: 26 1921: 2 1922: 6 1923: 3 1924: 3 1925: 7 1927: 5 1928: 18 1929: 6 1930: 5 1931: 3 1932: 20 1933: 24 1934: 9 1935: 13 1936: 34 1937: 10 1938: 7 1939: 4 1940: 9 1941: 17 1942: 3 1943: 25 1944: 4 1945: 12 1947: 5 1948: 12 1949: 14 1950: 14 1951: 11 1952: 23 1953: 30 1954: 65 1955: 87 1956: 51 1957: 30 1958: 111 1959: 36 1960: 21 1961: 15 1962: 92 1963: 90 1964: 27 1965: 169 1966: 101 1967: 37 1968: 38 1969: 45 1970: 15 1971: 55 1972: 156 1973: 63 1974: 134 1975: 86 1976: 202 1977: 248 1978: 125 1979: 257 1980: 216 1981: 379 1982: 83 1983: 90 1984: 202 1985: 171 1986: 193 1987: 316 1988: 188 1989: 245 1990: 245 1991: 385 1992: 504 1993: 873 1994: 300 1995: 216 1996: 141 1997: 170 1998: 238 1999: 261 2000: 254 2001: 580 2002: 511 2003: 1,764 2004: 802 2005: 1,811 2006: 1,034 2007: 1,215 2008: 1,936 2009: 1,403 2010: 2,270 2011: 1,392 2012: 838 2013: 996 2014: 1,188 2015: 1,152 2016: 1,378 2017: 692 2018: 659 2019: 683 2020: 596 2021: 2,741 2022: 2,082 2023: 658 2024: 629 2025: 647 2026: 95
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YearRecords
18322
18781
18833
18921
18942
18963
18981
18991
19004
19015
19028
19032
19048
19055
19061
19077
190816
190910
19102
19115
19127
19145
19151
19166
19188
191955
192026
19212
19226
19233
19243
19257
19275
192818
19296
19305
19313
193220
193324
19349
193513
193634
193710
19387
19394
19409
194117
19423
194325
19444
194512
19475
194812
194914
195014
195111
195223
195330
195465
195587
195651
195730
1958111
195936
196021
196115
196292
196390
196427
1965169
1966101
196737
196838
196945
197015
197155
1972156
197363
1974134
197586
1976202
1977248
1978125
1979257
1980216
1981379
198283
198390
1984202
1985171
1986193
1987316
1988188
1989245
1990245
1991385
1992504
1993873
1994300
1995216
1996141
1997170
1998238
1999261
2000254
2001580
2002511
20031,764
2004802
20051,811
20061,034
20071,215
20081,936
20091,403
20102,270
20111,392
2012838
2013996
20141,188
20151,152
20161,378
2017692
2018659
2019683
2020596
20212,741
20222,082
2023658
2024629
2025647
202695
United States · 9,273 Colombia · 4,680 Madagascar · 4,242 Australia · 3,323 Costa Rica · 2,699 Mexico · 2,346 Honduras · 1,743 Ecuador · 1,144 Nicaragua · 998 Brazil · 665 Peru · 646 Guatemala · 626 South Africa · 512 Gabon · 457 New Zealand · 446 Ghana · 410 Mauritius · 368 Papua New Guinea · 327 Dominican Republic · 299 Fiji · 291 Solomon Islands · 258 Cuba · 245 Côte d’Ivoire · 236 Indonesia · 208 French Polynesia · 189 Comoros · 172 Malaysia · 172 Singapore · 165 Panama · 146 Seychelles · 141 Philippines · 138 Suriname · 136 Hong Kong SAR China · 131 India · 124 South Korea · 123 Japan · 119 Mozambique · 109 Thailand · 106 French Guiana · 105 Pakistan · 91 China · 82 Guadeloupe · 73 Mayotte · 67 Martinique · 66 Palau · 58 Belize · 54 Vietnam · 54 Puerto Rico · 52 Myanmar (Burma) · 50 Argentina · 45 Micronesia · 43 Tanzania · 37 Taiwan · 30 Guinea · 29 Nigeria · 29 Bangladesh · 26 Antigua & Barbuda · 23 Guyana · 23 Sri Lanka · 22 Unknown Region · 22 Paraguay · 21 Jamaica · 20 Central African Republic · 19 Canada · 18 São Tomé & Príncipe · 17 Bahamas · 16 Congo - Kinshasa · 16 Samoa · 16 Spain · 15 Grenada · 15 St. Lucia · 14 Uganda · 14 Venezuela · 14 Haiti · 13 Senegal · 13 New Caledonia · 12 St. Vincent & Grenadines · 12 Cameroon · 11 Liberia · 11 Gambia · 10 Kenya · 10 Trinidad & Tobago · 10 Congo - Brazzaville · 8 Réunion · 8 Lebanon · 7 Macao SAR China · 7 Norfolk Island · 7 United Kingdom · 6 Georgia · 6 Nepal · 6 Italy · 5 Equatorial Guinea · 4 Portugal · 4 Eswatini · 4 Cook Islands · 3 Togo · 3 Tonga · 3 U.S. Virgin Islands · 3 Vanuatu · 3 Angola · 2 Aruba · 2 Barbados · 2 Bermuda · 2 Ethiopia · 2 Greece · 2 Guam · 2 British Indian Ocean Territory · 2 Iraq · 2 St. Kitts & Nevis · 2 St. Martin · 2 Norway · 2 Nauru · 2 Rwanda · 2 Saudi Arabia · 2 French Southern Territories · 2 U.S. Outlying Islands · 2 Uruguay · 2 France · 2 United Arab Emirates · 1 Afghanistan · 1 Anguilla · 1 American Samoa · 1 Bolivia · 1 Botswana · 1 Chile · 1 Curaçao · 1 Algeria · 1 Egypt · 1 Iceland · 1 Laos · 1 Marshall Islands · 1 Northern Mariana Islands · 1 Malta · 1 Namibia · 1 Sweden · 1 Germany · 1
United States 07/08/2026 · Mikie Green · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 18/07/2026 · Aaron Stoll · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
United States 16/07/2026 · toad-wife · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 10/07/2026 · Matt Tudor · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Las Alturas, Costa Rica 09/07/2026 · Male · 1520 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Las Alturas, Costa Rica 09/07/2026 · Male · 1520 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Las Alturas, Costa Rica 09/07/2026 · 1520 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 06/07/2026 · toad-wife · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
4km ENE Golfito, Costa Rica 05/07/2026 · 80 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
4km ENE Golfito, Costa Rica 05/07/2026 · 80 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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