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Formica sanguinea

Slave-making ant

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Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

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

Slave-making Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica sanguinea

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

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species of insect

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(c) kisstamas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by kisstamas · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Hjalte Kjærby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Hjalte Kjærby · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Raoul Gerend, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Raoul Gerend · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist
(c) Alejandro Ocampo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Alejandro Ocampo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Mardon Erbland · CC0 · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 49 countries · 13022 records GBIF · updated on 07/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1858: 10 1861: 2 1866: 4 1870: 1 1871: 2 1873: 6 1876: 2 1890: 1 1894: 1 1900: 4 1902: 1 1903: 2 1904: 1 1909: 8 1910: 6 1911: 12 1912: 20 1914: 2 1916: 1 1917: 1 1919: 3 1920: 66 1921: 3 1922: 30 1923: 4 1924: 1 1925: 10 1926: 3 1927: 1 1929: 7 1931: 16 1932: 25 1933: 2 1934: 113 1935: 25 1936: 4 1937: 28 1938: 54 1939: 225 1940: 33 1941: 84 1942: 75 1943: 63 1944: 15 1945: 10 1946: 40 1947: 21 1948: 25 1949: 37 1950: 47 1951: 66 1952: 41 1953: 111 1954: 55 1955: 16 1956: 19 1957: 26 1958: 43 1959: 31 1960: 40 1961: 12 1962: 47 1963: 10 1964: 48 1965: 51 1966: 20 1967: 21 1968: 47 1969: 93 1970: 56 1971: 40 1972: 33 1973: 47 1974: 46 1975: 24 1976: 126 1977: 138 1978: 43 1979: 43 1980: 93 1981: 62 1982: 42 1983: 24 1984: 1 1985: 9 1986: 19 1987: 36 1988: 79 1989: 58 1990: 25 1991: 28 1992: 77 1993: 56 1994: 27 1995: 76 1996: 34 1997: 129 1998: 138 1999: 101 2000: 98 2001: 69 2002: 138 2003: 47 2004: 112 2005: 126 2006: 40 2007: 233 2008: 427 2009: 301 2010: 284 2011: 379 2012: 228 2013: 227 2014: 228 2015: 270 2016: 387 2017: 355 2018: 226 2019: 523 2020: 539 2021: 542 2022: 499 2023: 572 2024: 775 2025: 928 2026: 464
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YearRecords
185810
18612
18664
18701
18712
18736
18762
18901
18941
19004
19021
19032
19041
19098
19106
191112
191220
19142
19161
19171
19193
192066
19213
192230
19234
19241
192510
19263
19271
19297
193116
193225
19332
1934113
193525
19364
193728
193854
1939225
194033
194184
194275
194363
194415
194510
194640
194721
194825
194937
195047
195166
195241
1953111
195455
195516
195619
195726
195843
195931
196040
196112
196247
196310
196448
196551
196620
196721
196847
196993
197056
197140
197233
197347
197446
197524
1976126
1977138
197843
197943
198093
198162
198242
198324
19841
19859
198619
198736
198879
198958
199025
199128
199277
199356
199427
199576
199634
1997129
1998138
1999101
200098
200169
2002138
200347
2004112
2005126
200640
2007233
2008427
2009301
2010284
2011379
2012228
2013227
2014228
2015270
2016387
2017355
2018226
2019523
2020539
2021542
2022499
2023572
2024775
2025928
2026464
Netherlands · 2,431 Switzerland · 2,318 Belgium · 1,803 Sweden · 1,140 Denmark · 1,008 United Kingdom · 685 France · 634 Germany · 576 Russia · 327 Finland · 302 United States · 219 Norway · 217 Austria · 166 Hungary · 140 Spain · 140 Luxembourg · 138 Poland · 129 South Korea · 119 Estonia · 108 Czechia · 66 Italy · 55 Japan · 42 Canada · 38 China · 28 Bulgaria · 24 Ukraine · 24 Kazakhstan · 23 Slovakia · 13 Turkey · 13 Greece · 12 Romania · 10 Portugal · 10 Mongolia · 9 Serbia · 9 Andorra · 7 Lithuania · 7 Croatia · 6 Belarus · 5 Latvia · 4 Georgia · 4 Slovenia · 3 Albania · 2 Iran · 2 Åland Islands · 1 Azerbaijan · 1 North Korea · 1 North Macedonia · 1 Pakistan · 1 Unknown Region · 1
Poland 29/06/2026 · Marlena Mosior · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Spain 29/06/2026 · Pablo Pozo · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 29/06/2026 · formikeeper · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 28/06/2026 · Полина Полежанкина · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Georgia 28/06/2026 · Vanya Mitin · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 27/06/2026 · Анна Голубева · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United Kingdom 27/06/2026 · Scott Shanks · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 24/06/2026 · chechevica · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 23/06/2026 · Female · Damian · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 23/06/2026 · Olga Biryukova · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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