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Formica rufa

Red wood ant

Genus: Formica
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Formica rufa

AntCat · view at source · updated on 22/09/2026
Author: Linnaeus, 1761 species Valid name

Formicidae

Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761

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

Red Wood Ant

SPECIES Valid name

Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica rufa

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

About the species

species of insect

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no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist
(c) Sarah Gregg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist
(c) Rasmus Allesoee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 42 countries · 27131 records GBIF · updated on 17/10/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1809: 1 1829: 1 1834: 1 1848: 1 1853: 2 1858: 2 1866: 4 1868: 4 1869: 2 1870: 3 1874: 2 1875: 1 1877: 5 1878: 7 1879: 5 1884: 2 1887: 4 1888: 2 1889: 5 1891: 1 1892: 1 1893: 2 1894: 2 1897: 3 1900: 3 1901: 2 1902: 6 1904: 14 1905: 7 1906: 2 1908: 9 1909: 8 1910: 10 1911: 12 1912: 12 1913: 5 1914: 8 1915: 4 1916: 8 1918: 1 1919: 2 1920: 37 1921: 13 1922: 15 1923: 21 1924: 38 1925: 14 1926: 13 1927: 19 1928: 5 1929: 10 1930: 5 1931: 7 1932: 9 1933: 59 1934: 11 1935: 25 1936: 16 1937: 20 1938: 35 1939: 139 1940: 65 1941: 48 1942: 189 1943: 14 1944: 44 1945: 14 1946: 54 1947: 35 1948: 23 1949: 66 1950: 1 1951: 54 1952: 104 1953: 23 1954: 57 1955: 72 1956: 63 1957: 75 1958: 273 1959: 45 1960: 183 1961: 468 1962: 257 1963: 98 1964: 63 1965: 92 1966: 19 1967: 41 1968: 67 1969: 104 1970: 127 1971: 79 1972: 54 1973: 24 1974: 143 1975: 39 1976: 632 1977: 356 1978: 349 1979: 106 1980: 322 1981: 193 1982: 424 1983: 328 1984: 75 1985: 138 1986: 58 1987: 228 1988: 204 1989: 137 1990: 90 1991: 57 1992: 108 1993: 221 1994: 71 1995: 61 1996: 60 1997: 53 1998: 86 1999: 91 2000: 500 2001: 103 2002: 184 2003: 208 2004: 178 2005: 258 2006: 153 2007: 753 2008: 504 2009: 598 2010: 770 2011: 514 2012: 587 2013: 602 2014: 567 2015: 894 2016: 1,026 2017: 992 2018: 910 2019: 1,189 2020: 1,253 2021: 891 2022: 956 2023: 902 2024: 888 2025: 1,278 2026: 844
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YearRecords
18091
18291
18341
18481
18532
18582
18664
18684
18692
18703
18742
18751
18775
18787
18795
18842
18874
18882
18895
18911
18921
18932
18942
18973
19003
19012
19026
190414
19057
19062
19089
19098
191010
191112
191212
19135
19148
19154
19168
19181
19192
192037
192113
192215
192321
192438
192514
192613
192719
19285
192910
19305
19317
19329
193359
193411
193525
193616
193720
193835
1939139
194065
194148
1942189
194314
194444
194514
194654
194735
194823
194966
19501
195154
1952104
195323
195457
195572
195663
195775
1958273
195945
1960183
1961468
1962257
196398
196463
196592
196619
196741
196867
1969104
1970127
197179
197254
197324
1974143
197539
1976632
1977356
1978349
1979106
1980322
1981193
1982424
1983328
198475
1985138
198658
1987228
1988204
1989137
199090
199157
1992108
1993221
199471
199561
199660
199753
199886
199991
2000500
2001103
2002184
2003208
2004178
2005258
2006153
2007753
2008504
2009598
2010770
2011514
2012587
2013602
2014567
2015894
20161,026
2017992
2018910
20191,189
20201,253
2021891
2022956
2023902
2024888
20251,278
2026844
Switzerland · 7,121 Germany · 3,553 Sweden · 3,531 United Kingdom · 3,079 Denmark · 2,170 Netherlands · 1,674 Russia · 1,253 France · 1,153 Belgium · 1,128 Norway · 933 Finland · 263 Austria · 183 Canada · 142 Estonia · 122 Luxembourg · 113 Ukraine · 106 Italy · 104 United States · 102 Poland · 77 Hungary · 70 Czechia · 66 Spain · 47 Serbia · 30 Lithuania · 17 Slovakia · 14 Bulgaria · 13 Åland Islands · 11 Liechtenstein · 11 South Korea · 8 Türkiye · 7 Greece · 5 Portugal · 4 Latvia · 4 Belarus · 4 Slovenia · 4 Côte d’Ivoire · 2 Croatia · 2 Andorra · 1 Armenia · 1 Kenya · 1 Romania · 1 Albania · 1
Vikers kyrka, Vstm, Sweden 11/10/2026 · User10305 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Ramnareds slåtteräng, Ramnared, Drängsered, Hl, Sweden 09/10/2026 · User10071 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Björkhaga, Sm, Sweden 07/10/2026 · User57129 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Stubbetorp V om , Srm, Sweden 07/10/2026 · User54730 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Sandsjöbrännan, Ås lm, Sweden 07/10/2026 · User9808 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Skogsmursskogen, Ramnäs, Salsmosseskogen, Ramnäs, Vstm, Sweden 03/10/2026 · User12281 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Lompberget, Norsbroområdet, Vrm, Sweden 01/10/2026 · User141990 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Finland 29/09/2026 · M Kallisto · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Mörttjärns gruvhål, Vstm, Sweden 29/09/2026 · User10070 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Czechia 26/09/2026 · epic2112 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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