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Camponotus japonicus

Japanese carpenter ant

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Camponotus japonicus

AntCat · view at source · updated on 05/08/2026

Author: Mayr, 1866 species Valid name

Formicidae

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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species of insect

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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 · 5550 records

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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	82
2015	29
2016	72
2017	205
2018	222
2019	242
2020	109
2021	89
2022	253
2023	300
2024	455
2025	762
2026	770

South Korea · 2,941 Japan · 1,744 China · 797 Mongolia · 33 Russia · 27 North Korea · 6 India · 1 Somalia · 1

China 26/07/2026 · 晚昼 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 21/07/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

China 20/07/2026 · Baixun Xun · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

China 19/07/2026 · 维生素 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

China 19/07/2026 · 鐦鍆錒/锎钔锕（Man Hoimoon） · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 18/07/2026 · ippanjin · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 16/07/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

China 15/07/2026 · 冰绒绒绒 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Japan 15/07/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

China 15/07/2026 · 管牧山 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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