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Formica japonica

Japanese wood ant

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Formica japonica Motschoulsky, 1866

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

Japanese Wood Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica japonica

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

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species of insect

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(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kumon, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) sachiishi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 7 countries · 4388 records GBIF · updated on 07/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1899: 1 1906: 1 1908: 1 1909: 2 1914: 2 1933: 2 1940: 1 1947: 2 1951: 1 1955: 1 1960: 2 1965: 2 1969: 1 1979: 1 1980: 2 1981: 1 1983: 3 1984: 5 1985: 7 1986: 1 1987: 1 1988: 7 1989: 4 1990: 17 1991: 1 1992: 29 1993: 3 1994: 10 1995: 7 1996: 27 1997: 24 1998: 10 1999: 18 2000: 44 2001: 1 2002: 1 2003: 22 2004: 3 2006: 12 2007: 59 2008: 115 2009: 81 2010: 94 2011: 137 2012: 200 2013: 75 2014: 71 2015: 16 2016: 125 2017: 234 2018: 262 2019: 661 2020: 64 2021: 40 2022: 81 2023: 140 2024: 269 2025: 497 2026: 336
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YearRecords
18991
19061
19081
19092
19142
19332
19401
19472
19511
19551
19602
19652
19691
19791
19802
19811
19833
19845
19857
19861
19871
19887
19894
199017
19911
199229
19933
199410
19957
199627
199724
199810
199918
200044
20011
20021
200322
20043
200612
200759
2008115
200981
201094
2011137
2012200
201375
201471
201516
2016125
2017234
2018262
2019661
202064
202140
202281
2023140
2024269
2025497
2026336
South Korea · 3,041 Japan · 1,257 China · 59 Taiwan · 24 Russia · 5 Germany · 1 North Korea · 1
South Korea 29/06/2026 · DeVonW26 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 28/06/2026 · kouta138 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 28/06/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 27/06/2026 · Yeong-geon, Yoo · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 26/06/2026 · 소윤 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 26/06/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 24/06/2026 · Female · athruapehu · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 24/06/2026 · pilotingtheworld · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 24/06/2026 · emskakoon · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 24/06/2026 · tama_king_fisher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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