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Formica fusca

Silky ant

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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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species of insect

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Occurrences (GBIF) 54 countries · 28875 records GBIF · updated on 05/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
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: 21 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: 39 1935: 53 1936: 60 1937: 41 1938: 112 1939: 175 1940: 47 1941: 78 1942: 86 1943: 82 1944: 80 1945: 102 1946: 132 1947: 176 1948: 51 1949: 105 1950: 41 1951: 48 1952: 129 1953: 52 1954: 99 1955: 73 1956: 76 1957: 95 1958: 78 1959: 98 1960: 66 1961: 36 1962: 65 1963: 40 1964: 80 1965: 80 1966: 31 1967: 105 1968: 81 1969: 127 1970: 127 1971: 96 1972: 38 1973: 108 1974: 63 1975: 44 1976: 40 1977: 121 1978: 48 1979: 106 1980: 40 1981: 98 1982: 114 1983: 61 1984: 55 1985: 42 1986: 176 1987: 130 1988: 250 1989: 106 1990: 78 1991: 75 1992: 157 1993: 265 1994: 142 1995: 89 1996: 135 1997: 619 1998: 189 1999: 197 2000: 344 2001: 355 2002: 439 2003: 245 2004: 443 2005: 246 2006: 210 2007: 389 2008: 607 2009: 1,153 2010: 1,097 2011: 1,085 2012: 803 2013: 707 2014: 707 2015: 697 2016: 786 2017: 828 2018: 788 2019: 984 2020: 1,235 2021: 1,131 2022: 884 2023: 1,230 2024: 1,209 2025: 1,383 2026: 732
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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
190521
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
193439
193553
193660
193741
1938112
1939175
194047
194178
194286
194382
194480
1945102
1946132
1947176
194851
1949105
195041
195148
1952129
195352
195499
195573
195676
195795
195878
195998
196066
196136
196265
196340
196480
196580
196631
1967105
196881
1969127
1970127
197196
197238
1973108
197463
197544
197640
1977121
197848
1979106
198040
198198
1982114
198361
198455
198542
1986176
1987130
1988250
1989106
199078
199175
1992157
1993265
1994142
199589
1996135
1997619
1998189
1999197
2000344
2001355
2002439
2003245
2004443
2005246
2006210
2007389
2008607
20091,153
20101,097
20111,085
2012803
2013707
2014707
2015697
2016786
2017828
2018788
2019984
20201,235
20211,131
2022884
20231,230
20241,209
20251,383
2026732
Switzerland · 3,857 Netherlands · 3,763 United Kingdom · 3,757 Belgium · 3,439 Sweden · 2,467 United States · 2,202 France · 1,685 Denmark · 1,460 Norway · 1,290 Germany · 945 Finland · 797 Russia · 766 Canada · 466 Austria · 328 Estonia · 293 Hungary · 237 Luxembourg · 222 Spain · 171 Poland · 150 Italy · 111 Ireland · 77 South Korea · 74 Czechia · 69 Serbia · 27 Isle of Man · 25 Ukraine · 21 Greece · 20 Montenegro · 19 Japan · 16 Croatia · 16 Åland Islands · 13 Slovakia · 13 Turkey · 12 Bulgaria · 11 Portugal · 8 China · 7 Andorra · 5 Slovenia · 5 Indonesia · 4 Latvia · 4 Mexico · 3 St. Pierre & Miquelon · 3 Lithuania · 3 Belarus · 2 Kyrgyzstan · 2 Morocco · 2 Afghanistan · 1 Azerbaijan · 1 India · 1 Jersey · 1 Kazakhstan · 1 North Macedonia · 1 Tajikistan · 1 Kosovo · 1
Skarpesteik, Larvik, Vf, Norway 02/07/2026 · Knut Arne Monrad · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hovinheia, Tinn, Te, Norway 29/06/2026 · Melvin Åsum · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Solsletta, Heggelia, Målselv, Tr, Norway 29/06/2026 · Jan Inge Karlsen · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Husøya, Senja, Tr, Norway 28/06/2026 · Jan Inge Karlsen · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Ørnehovdun, Ål, Bu, Norway 28/06/2026 · Christoffer Torp · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
United Kingdom 27/06/2026 · Andrea Montechiarini · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 27/06/2026 · Vladimir Bryukhov · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 27/06/2026 · Мария Ушакова · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Germany 26/06/2026 · jonas_ants · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Stodlen, Hetland, Bjerkreim, Bjerkreim, Ro, Norway 26/06/2026 · John Grønning · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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