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Camponotus castaneus

Chestnut carpenter ant

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Camponotus castaneus (Latreille, 1802)

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

Chestnut Carpenter Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Camponotus

Camponotus castaneus

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

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(c) Thomas Shahan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Shahan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Shahan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Brian Murphy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Brian Murphy · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Margarita Lankford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Margarita Lankford · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 3 countries · 13582 records GBIF · updated on 07/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1877: 1 1882: 6 1887: 10 1888: 3 1891: 1 1892: 4 1902: 1 1903: 2 1907: 4 1908: 2 1911: 1 1917: 1 1919: 2 1926: 2 1927: 41 1929: 5 1930: 2 1932: 3 1933: 1 1935: 6 1936: 10 1937: 2 1938: 4 1939: 8 1941: 2 1945: 1 1951: 1 1955: 3 1957: 6 1958: 12 1959: 2 1961: 24 1962: 2 1963: 1 1965: 14 1968: 12 1969: 2 1970: 2 1972: 5 1973: 5 1975: 7 1979: 59 1980: 68 1981: 20 1982: 5 1983: 12 1984: 30 1985: 19 1986: 1 1987: 13 1988: 15 1989: 10 1990: 11 1991: 85 1992: 15 1993: 24 1994: 35 1995: 21 1996: 9 1997: 14 1998: 20 1999: 34 2000: 16 2001: 23 2002: 106 2003: 288 2004: 107 2005: 89 2006: 158 2007: 39 2008: 49 2009: 46 2010: 74 2011: 62 2012: 44 2013: 50 2014: 200 2015: 54 2016: 122 2017: 139 2018: 272 2019: 441 2020: 1,071 2021: 1,237 2022: 1,368 2023: 1,639 2024: 1,867 2025: 1,981 2026: 1,115
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YearRecords
18771
18826
188710
18883
18911
18924
19021
19032
19074
19082
19111
19171
19192
19262
192741
19295
19302
19323
19331
19356
193610
19372
19384
19398
19412
19451
19511
19553
19576
195812
19592
196124
19622
19631
196514
196812
19692
19702
19725
19735
19757
197959
198068
198120
19825
198312
198430
198519
19861
198713
198815
198910
199011
199185
199215
199324
199435
199521
19969
199714
199820
199934
200016
200123
2002106
2003288
2004107
200589
2006158
200739
200849
200946
201074
201162
201244
201350
2014200
201554
2016122
2017139
2018272
2019441
20201,071
20211,237
20221,368
20231,639
20241,867
20251,981
20261,115
United States · 13,572 Canada · 9 Brazil · 1
United States 11/05/2026 · johncrichton · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 10/05/2026 · canadian_emu · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 10/05/2026 · shmealer · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 10/05/2026 · David Torkelson · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
United States 10/05/2026 · Male · Aaron Stoll · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
United States 09/05/2026 · mel_15 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 09/05/2026 · zpengwin · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 09/05/2026 · Ashlie Poland · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 09/05/2026 · johnathanweston · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 09/05/2026 · Matt Webb · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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