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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) 98 countries · 350703 records GBIF · updated on 04/08/2026 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: 23 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: 35 1884: 6 1885: 19 1886: 21 1887: 47 1888: 15 1889: 27 1890: 16 1891: 60 1892: 26 1893: 26 1894: 29 1895: 19 1896: 27 1897: 30 1898: 30 1899: 19 1900: 27 1901: 62 1902: 65 1903: 119 1904: 73 1905: 177 1906: 251 1907: 75 1908: 146 1909: 92 1910: 159 1911: 88 1912: 119 1913: 78 1914: 106 1915: 264 1916: 67 1917: 547 1918: 74 1919: 123 1920: 364 1921: 124 1922: 225 1923: 159 1924: 160 1925: 132 1926: 179 1927: 105 1928: 78 1929: 151 1930: 182 1931: 252 1932: 311 1933: 360 1934: 468 1935: 359 1936: 320 1937: 279 1938: 693 1939: 1,981 1940: 954 1941: 728 1942: 762 1943: 347 1944: 619 1945: 700 1946: 700 1947: 1,059 1948: 384 1949: 720 1950: 574 1951: 945 1952: 1,165 1953: 885 1954: 1,023 1955: 907 1956: 598 1957: 620 1958: 1,230 1959: 809 1960: 1,255 1961: 2,448 1962: 1,519 1963: 570 1964: 906 1965: 871 1966: 582 1967: 582 1968: 650 1969: 1,125 1970: 945 1971: 780 1972: 943 1973: 972 1974: 1,179 1975: 544 1976: 1,796 1977: 2,084 1978: 1,917 1979: 2,526 1980: 2,096 1981: 1,294 1982: 2,012 1983: 1,106 1984: 583 1985: 722 1986: 1,884 1987: 2,113 1988: 1,701 1989: 1,445 1990: 1,027 1991: 942 1992: 1,731 1993: 1,926 1994: 3,531 1995: 2,388 1996: 1,450 1997: 2,715 1998: 2,430 1999: 1,696 2000: 5,780 2001: 2,543 2002: 4,085 2003: 3,255 2004: 3,316 2005: 3,039 2006: 3,474 2007: 5,844 2008: 5,760 2009: 6,367 2010: 6,840 2011: 9,883 2012: 11,831 2013: 13,126 2014: 16,386 2015: 8,141 2016: 7,876 2017: 8,502 2018: 7,208 2019: 27,246 2020: 9,808 2021: 10,134 2022: 8,523 2023: 10,625 2024: 11,326 2025: 13,489 2026: 9,247
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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
187023
18712
18726
187392
187412
187516
18763
187713
187822
187910
18805
188110
188217
188335
18846
188519
188621
188747
188815
188927
189016
189160
189226
189326
189429
189519
189627
189730
189830
189919
190027
190162
190265
1903119
190473
1905177
1906251
190775
1908146
190992
1910159
191188
1912119
191378
1914106
1915264
191667
1917547
191874
1919123
1920364
1921124
1922225
1923159
1924160
1925132
1926179
1927105
192878
1929151
1930182
1931252
1932311
1933360
1934468
1935359
1936320
1937279
1938693
19391,981
1940954
1941728
1942762
1943347
1944619
1945700
1946700
19471,059
1948384
1949720
1950574
1951945
19521,165
1953885
19541,023
1955907
1956598
1957620
19581,230
1959809
19601,255
19612,448
19621,519
1963570
1964906
1965871
1966582
1967582
1968650
19691,125
1970945
1971780
1972943
1973972
19741,179
1975544
19761,796
19772,084
19781,917
19792,526
19802,096
19811,294
19822,012
19831,106
1984583
1985722
19861,884
19872,113
19881,701
19891,445
19901,027
1991942
19921,731
19931,926
19943,531
19952,388
19961,450
19972,715
19982,430
19991,696
20005,780
20012,543
20024,085
20033,255
20043,316
20053,039
20063,474
20075,844
20085,760
20096,367
20106,840
20119,883
201211,831
201313,126
201416,386
20158,141
20167,876
20178,502
20187,208
201927,246
20209,808
202110,134
20228,523
202310,625
202411,326
202513,489
20269,247
United States · 74,288 Switzerland · 51,571 Canada · 37,834 Finland · 26,943 Sweden · 20,600 Netherlands · 20,064 United Kingdom · 16,426 France · 14,457 Belgium · 14,227 Poland · 12,970 Denmark · 11,595 Germany · 10,165 Russia · 7,234 Norway · 5,935 South Korea · 3,660 Spain · 3,522 Estonia · 2,479 Austria · 2,439 Hungary · 2,000 Japan · 1,930 Italy · 1,826 Mexico · 1,374 Ukraine · 1,001 Luxembourg · 841 Serbia · 546 Ireland · 463 Czechia · 460 China · 413 South Africa · 378 Croatia · 332 Mongolia · 276 Bulgaria · 232 Greece · 230 Turkey · 196 Kazakhstan · 151 Portugal · 144 Lithuania · 133 Slovakia · 121 Romania · 95 Kyrgyzstan · 92 Belarus · 92 Isle of Man · 81 Slovenia · 70 Montenegro · 69 Iran · 66 Åland Islands · 56 Guernsey · 54 Taiwan · 47 Latvia · 46 Andorra · 43 Lesotho · 42 Pakistan · 40 Liechtenstein · 33 India · 23 Georgia · 23 Uzbekistan · 21 Jersey · 16 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 16 Guatemala · 16 Afghanistan · 14 Armenia · 13 Indonesia · 13 Albania · 13 Honduras · 12 Syria · 12 Azerbaijan · 11 Madagascar · 11 North Macedonia · 9 St. Pierre & Miquelon · 9 Cyprus · 7 Zimbabwe · 7 Unknown Region · 7 Moldova · 7 Turkmenistan · 6 Colombia · 5 Kosovo · 5 Morocco · 5 Panama · 5 Côte d’Ivoire · 4 Australia · 3 Lebanon · 3 Tajikistan · 3 Tunisia · 2 Peru · 2 Myanmar (Burma) · 2 North Korea · 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
Iso Lammisaari etelärannan keskikohta kalliojyrkänteen kallioseinämällä., Finland 29/07/2026 · Kristoffer Bondestam · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Skibotnutløpet NR – Søndre deler, Norway 26/07/2026 · Female · 1 m · Olsen, K.M. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Skibotnutløpet NR – Søndre deler, Norway 26/07/2026 · Female · 1 m · Olsen, K.M. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 24/07/2026 · Tomaschek Dénes · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 24/07/2026 · Tomaschek Dénes · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Badjeringi N, Norway 23/07/2026 · Female · 20 m · Olsen, K.M. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Serbia 16/07/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Serbia 16/07/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Serbia 16/07/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Serbia 16/07/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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