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Camponotus maculatus

Spotted carpenter ant

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Camponotus maculatus

AntCat · view at source · updated on 07/08/2026

Author: (Fabricius, 1782) species Valid name

Formicidae

Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)

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

Spotted Sugar Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Camponotus

Camponotus maculatus

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) Johan Pretorius, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Johan Pretorius · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team · CC BY · iNaturalist

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

(c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mahomed Desai · CC BY · iNaturalist

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Occurrences (GBIF) 86 countries · 3635 records

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Year	Records
1866	1
1880	1
1885	2
1887	2
1891	8
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	1
1902	2
1903	2
1904	3
1905	6
1906	10
1907	2
1909	2
1910	6
1911	10
1912	7
1913	8
1914	20
1915	10
1916	15
1917	18
1918	2
1920	3
1921	3
1922	2
1923	5
1924	4
1925	8
1926	4
1928	2
1929	4
1930	6
1931	4
1934	2
1935	6
1936	10
1938	2
1939	11
1941	2
1943	2
1947	2
1949	3
1950	4
1951	3
1952	4
1953	2
1955	2
1956	5
1957	12
1958	8
1959	22
1960	63
1961	18
1962	8
1963	4
1964	2
1965	18
1966	2
1967	2
1969	8
1973	2
1979	1
1980	2
1984	2
1985	6
1986	16
1987	62
1988	28
1989	3
1990	6
1991	28
1992	8
1993	19
1994	15
1995	35
1996	28
1997	16
1998	38
1999	57
2000	11
2001	84
2002	10
2003	31
2004	29
2005	31
2006	43
2007	81
2008	42
2009	47
2010	55
2011	39
2012	118
2013	49
2014	11
2015	15
2016	64
2017	50
2018	461
2019	290
2020	59
2021	79
2022	275
2023	146
2024	41
2025	24
2026	31

South Africa · 1,876 Madagascar · 168 Kenya · 156 Mozambique · 149 Namibia · 136 Côte d’Ivoire · 110 Zimbabwe · 105 Seychelles · 71 Gambia · 66 Comoros · 57 Tanzania · 45 Benin · 43 Senegal · 41 Nigeria · 39 Cape Verde · 32 Mauritius · 31 Réunion · 29 Rwanda · 25 Angola · 22 United States · 22 Botswana · 21 Saudi Arabia · 21 Ghana · 20 Algeria · 19 Ethiopia · 17 Congo - Kinshasa · 16 Indonesia · 16 Guinea · 14 Zambia · 14 Mali · 13 Mayotte · 13 São Tomé & Príncipe · 13 Israel · 12 Singapore · 12 Haiti · 11 Australia · 10 Eritrea · 10 Burkina Faso · 9 Liberia · 9 Malawi · 9 Mexico · 9 Uganda · 8 French Southern Territories · 7 Sri Lanka · 7 India · 7 Niger · 7 Brazil · 6 Cameroon · 6 France · 6 Philippines · 4 South Sudan · 4 Lesotho · 4 Italy · 4 Greece · 4 Egypt · 4 Argentina · 4 Spain · 3 Malaysia · 3 Yemen · 3 Bahamas · 2 Chad · 2 Palau · 2 Myanmar (Burma) · 2 Cyprus · 2 Central African Republic · 2 Unknown Region · 1 Vietnam · 1 Taiwan · 1 Türkiye · 1 Tonga · 1 Turkmenistan · 1 Eswatini · 1 Sierra Leone · 1 Maldives · 1 Libya · 1 Kyrgyzstan · 1 Jamaica · 1 Iran · 1 Guadeloupe · 1 Gabon · 1 Dominica · 1 Colombia · 1 China · 1 Congo - Brazzaville · 1 Caribbean Netherlands · 1 Afghanistan · 1

South Africa 30/09/2026 · nicole_louw · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

South Africa 28/09/2026 · David du Preez · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

South Africa 21/09/2026 · David du Preez · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Nigeria 14/09/2026 · Aliyu Ibrahim · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

South Africa 07/08/2026 · Grant Forbes · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

France 01/08/2026 · enzo · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Madagascar 21/07/2026 · Franklin Charles Graham IV · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

São Tomé & Príncipe 14/07/2026 · jacquesnorris · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

South Africa 09/07/2026 · Padda Man · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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