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Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Red harvester ant

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Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Smith, 1858)

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

Red Harvester Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Pogonomyrmex

Red harvester ant

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

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species of ant

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(c) D. L. Quinn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by D. L. Quinn · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist
(c) D. L. Quinn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by D. L. Quinn · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Mason Salem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mason Salem · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋） · CC BY · iNaturalist
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Occurrences (GBIF) 6 countries · 11212 records GBIF · updated on 13/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1898: 2 1899: 1 1900: 8 1901: 1 1902: 9 1903: 5 1905: 29 1906: 2 1907: 8 1910: 21 1911: 4 1913: 1 1914: 9 1915: 1 1916: 3 1917: 95 1918: 4 1919: 17 1922: 4 1926: 8 1928: 10 1929: 2 1930: 3 1931: 5 1932: 35 1933: 7 1934: 2 1935: 3 1936: 4 1937: 25 1938: 1 1939: 10 1940: 2 1941: 2 1942: 7 1943: 6 1944: 10 1945: 6 1947: 17 1948: 35 1949: 8 1950: 5 1951: 45 1952: 17 1953: 20 1954: 3 1955: 6 1956: 12 1957: 20 1958: 4 1959: 5 1960: 7 1961: 9 1962: 10 1963: 11 1964: 1 1965: 21 1967: 10 1968: 18 1969: 2 1970: 28 1971: 108 1972: 72 1973: 38 1974: 105 1975: 5 1976: 17 1977: 5 1978: 407 1979: 155 1980: 25 1981: 16 1982: 45 1983: 29 1984: 24 1985: 65 1986: 39 1987: 59 1988: 46 1989: 2 1990: 29 1991: 14 1992: 7 1993: 21 1994: 26 1995: 57 1996: 22 1997: 29 1998: 25 1999: 6 2000: 26 2001: 10 2002: 51 2003: 9 2004: 12 2005: 4 2006: 179 2007: 27 2008: 38 2009: 77 2010: 37 2011: 143 2012: 32 2013: 32 2014: 123 2015: 104 2016: 166 2017: 153 2018: 244 2019: 460 2020: 572 2021: 494 2022: 465 2023: 1,070 2024: 1,519 2025: 1,248 2026: 852
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YearRecords
18982
18991
19008
19011
19029
19035
190529
19062
19078
191021
19114
19131
19149
19151
19163
191795
19184
191917
19224
19268
192810
19292
19303
19315
193235
19337
19342
19353
19364
193725
19381
193910
19402
19412
19427
19436
194410
19456
194717
194835
19498
19505
195145
195217
195320
19543
19556
195612
195720
19584
19595
19607
19619
196210
196311
19641
196521
196710
196818
19692
197028
1971108
197272
197338
1974105
19755
197617
19775
1978407
1979155
198025
198116
198245
198329
198424
198565
198639
198759
198846
19892
199029
199114
19927
199321
199426
199557
199622
199729
199825
19996
200026
200110
200251
20039
200412
20054
2006179
200727
200838
200977
201037
2011143
201232
201332
2014123
2015104
2016166
2017153
2018244
2019460
2020572
2021494
2022465
20231,070
20241,519
20251,248
2026852
United States · 9,836 Mexico · 1,358 Namibia · 14 Canada · 2 Costa Rica · 1 Unknown Region · 1
Hudd (2.5k NNW), United States 07/07/2026 · Larry Clay · UTIC · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Mazatzal Mtns., West Fork Sycamore Creek, United States 16/05/2026 · 1195 m · K.D. Clark · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Mazatzal Mtns., West Fork Sycamore Creek, United States 16/05/2026 · 1195 m · K.D. Clark · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 30/04/2026 · Paul Miller · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 30/04/2026 · Alex Davila · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 30/04/2026 · John Polo · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 30/04/2026 · James Lucado · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 30/04/2026 · Alex Davila · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 28/04/2026 · kls572000 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 27/04/2026 · David Willis · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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