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Tapinoma sessile

Odorous house ant

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Tapinoma sessile (Say, 1836)

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

American Sugar Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Tapinoma

Tapinoma sessile

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 Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · iNaturalist
(c) Harsi S. Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Harsi S. Parker · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
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Occurrences (GBIF) 8 countries · 20337 records GBIF · updated on 03/10/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1840: 1 1883: 1 1884: 1 1885: 1 1886: 2 1887: 7 1888: 5 1889: 11 1890: 1 1891: 2 1892: 5 1896: 2 1897: 5 1901: 2 1902: 3 1903: 4 1904: 6 1905: 33 1906: 7 1907: 15 1908: 7 1909: 13 1910: 7 1911: 12 1912: 1 1913: 2 1914: 3 1915: 7 1916: 5 1917: 17 1918: 6 1919: 1 1920: 3 1921: 5 1922: 2 1923: 3 1924: 3 1925: 4 1926: 3 1927: 2 1928: 1 1929: 11 1930: 10 1931: 14 1932: 22 1933: 23 1934: 18 1935: 25 1936: 22 1937: 6 1938: 26 1939: 24 1940: 48 1941: 28 1942: 12 1943: 21 1944: 45 1945: 59 1946: 43 1947: 96 1948: 31 1949: 43 1950: 33 1951: 40 1952: 43 1953: 20 1954: 18 1955: 59 1956: 18 1957: 28 1958: 36 1959: 12 1960: 21 1961: 8 1962: 24 1963: 2 1964: 21 1965: 39 1966: 10 1967: 33 1968: 22 1969: 76 1970: 14 1971: 27 1972: 48 1973: 79 1974: 25 1975: 29 1976: 75 1977: 58 1978: 38 1979: 232 1980: 184 1981: 95 1982: 92 1983: 62 1984: 25 1985: 34 1986: 147 1987: 37 1988: 45 1989: 73 1990: 24 1991: 38 1992: 112 1993: 58 1994: 361 1995: 109 1996: 76 1997: 143 1998: 61 1999: 64 2000: 95 2001: 84 2002: 125 2003: 158 2004: 347 2005: 185 2006: 204 2007: 152 2008: 358 2009: 485 2010: 337 2011: 639 2012: 502 2013: 556 2014: 683 2015: 357 2016: 184 2017: 244 2018: 333 2019: 764 2020: 1,005 2021: 983 2022: 1,444 2023: 1,772 2024: 1,687 2025: 1,397 2026: 1,128
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YearRecords
18401
18831
18841
18851
18862
18877
18885
188911
18901
18912
18925
18962
18975
19012
19023
19034
19046
190533
19067
190715
19087
190913
19107
191112
19121
19132
19143
19157
19165
191717
19186
19191
19203
19215
19222
19233
19243
19254
19263
19272
19281
192911
193010
193114
193222
193323
193418
193525
193622
19376
193826
193924
194048
194128
194212
194321
194445
194559
194643
194796
194831
194943
195033
195140
195243
195320
195418
195559
195618
195728
195836
195912
196021
19618
196224
19632
196421
196539
196610
196733
196822
196976
197014
197127
197248
197379
197425
197529
197675
197758
197838
1979232
1980184
198195
198292
198362
198425
198534
1986147
198737
198845
198973
199024
199138
1992112
199358
1994361
1995109
199676
1997143
199861
199964
200095
200184
2002125
2003158
2004347
2005185
2006204
2007152
2008358
2009485
2010337
2011639
2012502
2013556
2014683
2015357
2016184
2017244
2018333
2019764
20201,005
2021983
20221,444
20231,772
20241,687
20251,397
20261,128
United States · 16,929 Canada · 3,168 Mexico · 233 South Korea · 3 Australia · 1 India · 1 St. Pierre & Miquelon · 1 Slovakia · 1
Dangermond Preserve, 0.7 air km northeast of Point Conception lighthouse., United States 18/08/2026 · A Mele, CJ Evelyn · UCSB · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Dangermond Preserve, Schoolhouse property, 1.8 air km east-northeast of Point Conception lighthouse., United States 18/08/2026 · A Mele, CJ Evelyn · UCSB · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Dangermond Preserve, Schoolhouse property, 1.8 air km east-northeast of Point Conception lighthouse., United States 18/08/2026 · A Mele, CJ Evelyn · UCSB · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Dangermond Preserve, Schoolhouse property, 1.8 air km east-northeast of Point Conception lighthouse., United States 18/08/2026 · A Mele, CJ Evelyn · UCSB · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
United States 30/05/2026 · t_hazelton · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 29/05/2026 · Luke Hinton · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 29/05/2026 · Ben Babcock · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 29/05/2026 · Luke Hinton · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 26/05/2026 · euratop · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 25/05/2026 · toad-wife · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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