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Camponotus japonicus

Japanese carpenter ant

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Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866

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

Japanese Carpenter Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Camponotus

Camponotus japonicus

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

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(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist

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

(c) nonext(공인인증서), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by nonext(공인인증서) · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

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

Occurrences (GBIF) 8 countries · 5180 records

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Occurrences by year

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Year	Records
1900	2
1909	2
1914	7
1915	1
1929	1
1931	1
1932	2
1933	6
1934	1
1935	8
1936	5
1940	1
1946	1
1949	2
1951	4
1955	3
1961	2
1962	5
1967	2
1969	1
1975	4
1978	6
1979	4
1980	1
1981	7
1982	1
1983	7
1984	26
1985	7
1986	8
1987	3
1988	6
1989	2
1990	30
1991	4
1992	27
1993	44
1994	5
1995	2
1996	15
1997	10
1998	1
1999	2
2000	2
2001	2
2002	2
2003	2
2004	8
2005	6
2006	11
2007	57
2008	127
2009	70
2010	127
2011	158
2012	589
2013	82
2014	81
2015	29
2016	72
2017	205
2018	220
2019	241
2020	108
2021	84
2022	252
2023	296
2024	451
2025	746
2026	436

South Korea · 2,880 Japan · 1,601 China · 634 Mongolia · 33 Russia · 24 North Korea · 6 India · 1 Somalia · 1

Japan 29/06/2026 · lice_on_rice · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 28/06/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

China 28/06/2026 · 郭浩为 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

China 28/06/2026 · 李大鹏 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

China 28/06/2026 · 樂行 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 27/06/2026 · Dhugal Lindsay · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 27/06/2026 · Ochoa Jorge · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 27/06/2026 · Cheng-te Yao · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

South Korea 26/06/2026 · Lindsay Lee · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 24/06/2026 · コウジ　タマル · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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