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Atta texana

Texas leafcutter ant

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Atta texana (Buckley, 1860)

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

Texas Leaf-cutter Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Atta

Texas leafcutter ant

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

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species of insect

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

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

(c) Blake Bringhurst, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Blake Bringhurst · CC BY · iNaturalist

(c) Diana-Terry Hibbitts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

Occurrences (GBIF) 4 countries · 5375 records

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Year	Records
1875	2
1895	2
1910	4
1911	5
1914	2
1917	6
1936	2
1937	5
1941	2
1942	5
1950	4
1953	10
1954	4
1958	2
1959	3
1960	1
1962	3
1963	6
1965	10
1968	10
1969	2
1971	1
1972	11
1973	63
1974	13
1976	5
1978	8
1979	10
1982	3
1983	1
1984	4
1986	6
1987	16
1988	2
1989	4
1991	2
1994	4
1996	3
2003	8
2004	10
2005	3
2006	60
2007	11
2008	2
2009	4
2010	5
2011	14
2012	11
2013	18
2014	55
2015	52
2016	81
2017	165
2018	226
2019	377
2020	470
2021	484
2022	442
2023	554
2024	656
2025	646
2026	534

United States · 5,350 Mexico · 22 Unknown Region · 2 Cuba · 1

United States 28/05/2026 · adriel0018 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 26/05/2026 · Female · BmoreMark · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 25/05/2026 · Kenneth Bader · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 24/05/2026 · Male · kaymo16 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 24/05/2026 · Chris Schalk · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 23/05/2026 · shatteredgod · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 23/05/2026 · Ian McFaul · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 23/05/2026 · shatteredgod · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 23/05/2026 · Female · mcdermottmi · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 22/05/2026 · Female · Caleb Helsel · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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