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Formica

Wood, Mound, And Field Ants

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Species

Formica cunicularia

Field ant
Species

Formica fusca

Silky ant
Species

Formica japonica

Japanese wood ant
Species

Formica polyctena

European red wood ant
Species

Formica rufa

Red wood ant
Species

Formica rufibarbis

Red-barbed ant
Species

Formica sanguinea

Slave-making ant
Species

Formica subsericea

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Scientific data

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Formica Linnaeus, 1758

GBIF · view at source · updated on 13/07/2026

Wood, Mound, And Field Ants

GENUS Valid name

Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 13/07/2026

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genus of insects

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(c) Hjalte Kjærby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Hjalte Kjærby · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
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Occurrences (GBIF) 99 countries · 342746 records GBIF · updated on 11/10/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1507: 1 1798: 1 1800: 9 1809: 1 1824: 1 1826: 1 1829: 1 1834: 1 1845: 1 1846: 2 1847: 1 1848: 1 1849: 2 1850: 6 1852: 4 1853: 44 1854: 14 1855: 16 1856: 2 1857: 14 1858: 87 1861: 2 1866: 24 1868: 10 1869: 18 1870: 27 1871: 2 1872: 6 1873: 92 1874: 12 1875: 16 1876: 3 1877: 13 1878: 22 1879: 10 1880: 5 1881: 10 1882: 17 1883: 36 1884: 6 1885: 22 1886: 21 1887: 69 1888: 15 1889: 27 1890: 16 1891: 60 1892: 26 1893: 26 1894: 29 1895: 19 1896: 27 1897: 31 1898: 30 1899: 26 1900: 27 1901: 62 1902: 65 1903: 140 1904: 74 1905: 180 1906: 251 1907: 75 1908: 184 1909: 92 1910: 159 1911: 87 1912: 119 1913: 86 1914: 109 1915: 249 1916: 72 1917: 547 1918: 72 1919: 121 1920: 360 1921: 124 1922: 229 1923: 158 1924: 167 1925: 130 1926: 182 1927: 105 1928: 91 1929: 177 1930: 194 1931: 253 1932: 313 1933: 370 1934: 569 1935: 385 1936: 369 1937: 397 1938: 800 1939: 2,051 1940: 965 1941: 760 1942: 780 1943: 369 1944: 636 1945: 755 1946: 698 1947: 1,057 1948: 387 1949: 708 1950: 577 1951: 945 1952: 1,178 1953: 885 1954: 993 1955: 904 1956: 586 1957: 618 1958: 1,235 1959: 806 1960: 1,241 1961: 2,445 1962: 1,531 1963: 511 1964: 897 1965: 859 1966: 592 1967: 591 1968: 690 1969: 1,116 1970: 942 1971: 780 1972: 957 1973: 967 1974: 1,180 1975: 527 1976: 1,603 1977: 2,048 1978: 1,764 1979: 2,498 1980: 1,943 1981: 1,288 1982: 1,967 1983: 1,082 1984: 574 1985: 724 1986: 1,845 1987: 1,735 1988: 1,617 1989: 1,429 1990: 1,014 1991: 910 1992: 1,781 1993: 1,937 1994: 3,547 1995: 2,375 1996: 1,421 1997: 2,357 1998: 2,337 1999: 1,670 2000: 4,792 2001: 2,403 2002: 3,252 2003: 3,110 2004: 3,291 2005: 2,773 2006: 3,463 2007: 5,405 2008: 5,574 2009: 6,251 2010: 6,659 2011: 9,801 2012: 11,696 2013: 14,545 2014: 17,818 2015: 8,345 2016: 8,734 2017: 9,452 2018: 8,595 2019: 26,684 2020: 12,040 2021: 11,513 2022: 9,592 2023: 11,953 2024: 12,473 2025: 14,622 2026: 12,196
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YearRecords
15071
17981
18009
18091
18241
18261
18291
18341
18451
18462
18471
18481
18492
18506
18524
185344
185414
185516
18562
185714
185887
18612
186624
186810
186918
187027
18712
18726
187392
187412
187516
18763
187713
187822
187910
18805
188110
188217
188336
18846
188522
188621
188769
188815
188927
189016
189160
189226
189326
189429
189519
189627
189731
189830
189926
190027
190162
190265
1903140
190474
1905180
1906251
190775
1908184
190992
1910159
191187
1912119
191386
1914109
1915249
191672
1917547
191872
1919121
1920360
1921124
1922229
1923158
1924167
1925130
1926182
1927105
192891
1929177
1930194
1931253
1932313
1933370
1934569
1935385
1936369
1937397
1938800
19392,051
1940965
1941760
1942780
1943369
1944636
1945755
1946698
19471,057
1948387
1949708
1950577
1951945
19521,178
1953885
1954993
1955904
1956586
1957618
19581,235
1959806
19601,241
19612,445
19621,531
1963511
1964897
1965859
1966592
1967591
1968690
19691,116
1970942
1971780
1972957
1973967
19741,180
1975527
19761,603
19772,048
19781,764
19792,498
19801,943
19811,288
19821,967
19831,082
1984574
1985724
19861,845
19871,735
19881,617
19891,429
19901,014
1991910
19921,781
19931,937
19943,547
19952,375
19961,421
19972,357
19982,337
19991,670
20004,792
20012,403
20023,252
20033,110
20043,291
20052,773
20063,463
20075,405
20085,574
20096,251
20106,659
20119,801
201211,696
201314,545
201417,818
20158,345
20168,734
20179,452
20188,595
201926,684
202012,040
202111,513
20229,592
202311,953
202412,473
202514,622
202612,196
United States · 74,824 Switzerland · 41,359 Canada · 37,907 Finland · 26,932 Sweden · 20,360 Netherlands · 20,084 United Kingdom · 17,195 France · 14,474 Belgium · 14,252 Poland · 12,993 Denmark · 11,648 Germany · 10,203 Russia · 7,483 Norway · 6,035 South Korea · 3,682 Spain · 3,575 Estonia · 2,479 Austria · 2,411 Hungary · 2,090 Japan · 2,002 Italy · 1,776 Mexico · 1,374 Ukraine · 1,037 Luxembourg · 842 Serbia · 550 Czechia · 469 Ireland · 463 China · 439 South Africa · 378 Croatia · 346 Greece · 325 Mongolia · 281 Bulgaria · 233 Türkiye · 197 Romania · 167 Guernsey · 158 Kazakhstan · 156 Portugal · 150 Lithuania · 135 Isle of Man · 116 Slovakia · 108 Kyrgyzstan · 95 Belarus · 93 Slovenia · 70 Montenegro · 69 Iran · 68 Åland Islands · 56 Latvia · 48 Taiwan · 47 Andorra · 44 Lesotho · 42 Pakistan · 40 Liechtenstein · 33 Albania · 28 Georgia · 26 Jersey · 26 India · 24 Uzbekistan · 21 Guatemala · 16 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 16 Afghanistan · 14 Armenia · 13 Indonesia · 13 Syria · 13 Honduras · 12 Azerbaijan · 11 Moldova · 9 St. Pierre & Miquelon · 9 North Macedonia · 8 Zimbabwe · 7 Unknown Region · 7 Kosovo · 7 Tajikistan · 7 Cyprus · 7 Turkmenistan · 6 Colombia · 5 Morocco · 5 Madagascar · 5 Panama · 5 Côte d’Ivoire · 4 Australia · 3 Lebanon · 3 North Korea · 2 Tunisia · 2 Peru · 2 Myanmar (Burma) · 2 Costa Rica · 2 Bhutan · 2 Bangladesh · 1 Brazil · 1 Algeria · 1 Greenland · 1 Guyana · 1 Kenya · 1 Malta · 1 Namibia · 1 San Marino · 1 Venezuela · 1 Gibraltar · 1
Berloga, Halden, Øs, Norway 06/10/2026 · Aina Nøding · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Pålsbu, Norway 29/09/2026 · Universitetet I sørøst Norge · miljolare · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Pålsbu, Norway 29/09/2026 · Universitetet I sørøst Norge · miljolare · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Nordbygdevegen 8, Bykle, Ag, Norway 24/09/2026 · Roy Erling Wrånes|Karin Bøe|Asbjørn Lie|Jan Ivar Eeg|Jan Stenløkk|Martin Fauskanger Andersen|Stian Bue Pettersen · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Skansestien, Oslo, Os, Norway 24/09/2026 · Tom Hystad · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Berloga, Halden, Øs, Norway 23/09/2026 · Aina Nøding · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 19/09/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 19/09/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 19/09/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 19/09/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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