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Formica fusca

Silky ant

Genus: Formica
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Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758

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

Dusky Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica fusca

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

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Occurrences (GBIF) 55 countries · 28325 records GBIF · updated on 22/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1800: 6 1826: 1 1850: 4 1852: 1 1853: 10 1854: 4 1855: 11 1856: 2 1858: 4 1866: 6 1868: 3 1869: 7 1872: 2 1873: 24 1874: 2 1875: 3 1877: 1 1878: 1 1880: 3 1881: 6 1882: 2 1883: 7 1884: 1 1885: 1 1886: 3 1887: 2 1888: 1 1889: 2 1891: 19 1892: 2 1893: 3 1894: 3 1895: 4 1896: 8 1897: 8 1898: 1 1899: 1 1900: 2 1901: 13 1902: 8 1903: 2 1904: 7 1905: 23 1906: 7 1907: 13 1908: 17 1909: 5 1910: 32 1911: 2 1912: 29 1913: 4 1914: 4 1915: 15 1916: 4 1917: 40 1918: 4 1919: 9 1920: 114 1921: 22 1922: 37 1923: 6 1924: 20 1925: 7 1926: 11 1927: 6 1928: 13 1929: 16 1930: 37 1931: 22 1932: 38 1933: 24 1934: 36 1935: 53 1936: 60 1937: 40 1938: 111 1939: 174 1940: 47 1941: 77 1942: 86 1943: 82 1944: 80 1945: 102 1946: 132 1947: 176 1948: 48 1949: 105 1950: 41 1951: 48 1952: 129 1953: 52 1954: 97 1955: 73 1956: 76 1957: 95 1958: 77 1959: 98 1960: 66 1961: 35 1962: 64 1963: 40 1964: 80 1965: 80 1966: 31 1967: 99 1968: 81 1969: 127 1970: 127 1971: 93 1972: 38 1973: 108 1974: 63 1975: 39 1976: 38 1977: 120 1978: 46 1979: 106 1980: 40 1981: 102 1982: 114 1983: 60 1984: 55 1985: 42 1986: 176 1987: 130 1988: 250 1989: 105 1990: 79 1991: 74 1992: 144 1993: 251 1994: 140 1995: 86 1996: 136 1997: 619 1998: 190 1999: 201 2000: 343 2001: 355 2002: 439 2003: 245 2004: 440 2005: 215 2006: 206 2007: 389 2008: 607 2009: 896 2010: 917 2011: 878 2012: 676 2013: 681 2014: 689 2015: 637 2016: 778 2017: 818 2018: 787 2019: 986 2020: 1,147 2021: 1,120 2022: 890 2023: 1,231 2024: 1,206 2025: 1,403 2026: 1,047
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YearRecords
18006
18261
18504
18521
185310
18544
185511
18562
18584
18666
18683
18697
18722
187324
18742
18753
18771
18781
18803
18816
18822
18837
18841
18851
18863
18872
18881
18892
189119
18922
18933
18943
18954
18968
18978
18981
18991
19002
190113
19028
19032
19047
190523
19067
190713
190817
19095
191032
19112
191229
19134
19144
191515
19164
191740
19184
19199
1920114
192122
192237
19236
192420
19257
192611
19276
192813
192916
193037
193122
193238
193324
193436
193553
193660
193740
1938111
1939174
194047
194177
194286
194382
194480
1945102
1946132
1947176
194848
1949105
195041
195148
1952129
195352
195497
195573
195676
195795
195877
195998
196066
196135
196264
196340
196480
196580
196631
196799
196881
1969127
1970127
197193
197238
1973108
197463
197539
197638
1977120
197846
1979106
198040
1981102
1982114
198360
198455
198542
1986176
1987130
1988250
1989105
199079
199174
1992144
1993251
1994140
199586
1996136
1997619
1998190
1999201
2000343
2001355
2002439
2003245
2004440
2005215
2006206
2007389
2008607
2009896
2010917
2011878
2012676
2013681
2014689
2015637
2016778
2017818
2018787
2019986
20201,147
20211,120
2022890
20231,231
20241,206
20251,403
20261,047
Netherlands · 3,953 Switzerland · 3,865 Belgium · 3,440 United Kingdom · 2,853 Sweden · 2,502 United States · 2,202 France · 1,690 Denmark · 1,461 Norway · 1,310 Germany · 955 Finland · 799 Russia · 799 Canada · 466 Austria · 330 Estonia · 293 Hungary · 240 Luxembourg · 223 Spain · 174 Poland · 150 Italy · 116 Czechia · 82 Ireland · 77 South Korea · 74 Serbia · 33 Isle of Man · 25 Ukraine · 24 Montenegro · 20 Greece · 20 Croatia · 17 Japan · 16 Åland Islands · 13 Slovakia · 13 Turkey · 12 Bulgaria · 11 Portugal · 8 Guernsey · 6 Slovenia · 6 China · 6 Andorra · 5 Indonesia · 4 Kazakhstan · 4 Latvia · 4 Mexico · 3 St. Pierre & Miquelon · 3 Jersey · 3 Lithuania · 3 Belarus · 2 Kyrgyzstan · 2 Morocco · 2 Afghanistan · 1 Azerbaijan · 1 India · 1 North Macedonia · 1 Tajikistan · 1 Kosovo · 1
Hvervenbukta, Norway 18/08/2026 · Female · 15 m · Olsen, K.M.; Olberg, S. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Mörkavad, Sk, Sweden 15/08/2026 · Anders Borgehed · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Röboåsen, Uppsala, Upl, Sweden 13/08/2026 · Åke Berg · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Torsholmen, Torslandaviken, Vg, Sweden 12/08/2026 · Staffan Larsson, Eva Andersson, Johan Ennerfelt, Mathias Theander · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Sweden 09/08/2026 · entropiaentropia · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Belgium 08/08/2026 · Max Devis · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Graneberg, Graneberg, Upl, Sweden 07/08/2026 · Camilla Pakka · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Germany 07/08/2026 · sanne_u · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 06/08/2026 · tetramorium_caespitum · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Sweden 03/08/2026 · Loke T · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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