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Lasius niger

Black garden ant

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Lasius niger

AntCat · view at source · updated on 09/10/2026
Author: (Linnaeus, 1758) species Valid name

Formicidae

Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Small Black Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Lasius

Lasius niger

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
no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist
(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
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Occurrences (GBIF) 62 countries · 47861 records GBIF · updated on 14/10/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1853: 17 1854: 1 1857: 6 1858: 2 1861: 2 1864: 1 1866: 2 1869: 4 1870: 4 1871: 6 1872: 2 1873: 22 1874: 4 1877: 6 1879: 5 1881: 5 1882: 3 1883: 1 1884: 17 1885: 4 1886: 12 1887: 6 1890: 3 1891: 3 1895: 5 1896: 6 1897: 4 1899: 2 1900: 7 1901: 3 1903: 8 1905: 50 1906: 10 1907: 20 1908: 5 1909: 23 1910: 21 1911: 5 1912: 3 1913: 10 1914: 6 1915: 8 1916: 9 1917: 20 1918: 7 1919: 18 1920: 7 1921: 3 1922: 14 1923: 15 1924: 15 1925: 110 1926: 13 1927: 2 1928: 12 1929: 19 1930: 51 1931: 31 1932: 18 1933: 155 1934: 70 1935: 50 1936: 52 1937: 58 1938: 60 1939: 101 1940: 68 1941: 134 1942: 89 1943: 46 1944: 38 1945: 11 1946: 28 1947: 22 1948: 35 1949: 72 1950: 7 1951: 40 1952: 56 1953: 72 1954: 40 1955: 38 1956: 21 1957: 21 1958: 32 1959: 86 1960: 46 1961: 19 1962: 74 1963: 35 1964: 96 1965: 132 1966: 66 1967: 57 1968: 77 1969: 100 1970: 175 1971: 92 1972: 103 1973: 51 1974: 51 1975: 43 1976: 54 1977: 243 1978: 85 1979: 280 1980: 129 1981: 111 1982: 91 1983: 62 1984: 51 1985: 61 1986: 180 1987: 200 1988: 204 1989: 237 1990: 168 1991: 170 1992: 358 1993: 171 1994: 126 1995: 173 1996: 375 1997: 332 1998: 381 1999: 726 2000: 902 2001: 870 2002: 1,744 2003: 478 2004: 450 2005: 335 2006: 297 2007: 556 2008: 976 2009: 921 2010: 1,138 2011: 2,207 2012: 904 2013: 890 2014: 1,141 2015: 1,678 2016: 4,681 2017: 1,969 2018: 2,485 2019: 3,241 2020: 1,511 2021: 1,662 2022: 1,524 2023: 1,597 2024: 1,549 2025: 1,520 2026: 1,250
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YearRecords
185317
18541
18576
18582
18612
18641
18662
18694
18704
18716
18722
187322
18744
18776
18795
18815
18823
18831
188417
18854
188612
18876
18903
18913
18955
18966
18974
18992
19007
19013
19038
190550
190610
190720
19085
190923
191021
19115
19123
191310
19146
19158
19169
191720
19187
191918
19207
19213
192214
192315
192415
1925110
192613
19272
192812
192919
193051
193131
193218
1933155
193470
193550
193652
193758
193860
1939101
194068
1941134
194289
194346
194438
194511
194628
194722
194835
194972
19507
195140
195256
195372
195440
195538
195621
195721
195832
195986
196046
196119
196274
196335
196496
1965132
196666
196757
196877
1969100
1970175
197192
1972103
197351
197451
197543
197654
1977243
197885
1979280
1980129
1981111
198291
198362
198451
198561
1986180
1987200
1988204
1989237
1990168
1991170
1992358
1993171
1994126
1995173
1996375
1997332
1998381
1999726
2000902
2001870
20021,744
2003478
2004450
2005335
2006297
2007556
2008976
2009921
20101,138
20112,207
2012904
2013890
20141,141
20151,678
20164,681
20171,969
20182,485
20193,241
20201,511
20211,662
20221,524
20231,597
20241,549
20251,520
20261,250
United Kingdom · 8,343 Belgium · 7,160 Switzerland · 4,444 Netherlands · 3,807 Sweden · 3,398 Poland · 3,313 Germany · 3,010 France · 2,692 Denmark · 2,212 Russia · 1,190 South Korea · 1,097 Finland · 1,063 Norway · 1,017 United States · 886 Italy · 592 Spain · 501 Estonia · 368 Hungary · 360 Canada · 358 Austria · 330 China · 304 Luxembourg · 297 Japan · 252 Bulgaria · 121 Serbia · 101 Ireland · 86 Croatia · 81 Ukraine · 72 Isle of Man · 65 Belarus · 63 Czechia · 43 Romania · 39 Slovakia · 38 Portugal · 25 Slovenia · 17 Iceland · 15 Latvia · 14 Åland Islands · 14 Morocco · 8 Jersey · 8 Guernsey · 7 Montenegro · 6 Taiwan · 6 Lithuania · 5 Mongolia · 5 Greece · 4 Mexico · 4 Lebanon · 2 Unknown Region · 2 Pakistan · 2 Liechtenstein · 2 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2 Albania · 1 Australia · 1 Azerbaijan · 1 Côte d’Ivoire · 1 Gibraltar · 1 North Korea · 1 Kazakhstan · 1 Moldova · 1 Madagascar · 1 Türkiye · 1
Germany 05/10/2026 · David Grunicke · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
N Swerock Atle, Nrk, Sweden 04/10/2026 · User10305, User10509, User12493, User12206 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Røraashagen, Ringsaker, In, Norway 02/10/2026 · Terje Syversen · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Germany 26/09/2026 · David Grunicke · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Alelövsvägen 35, Skällared, Onsala, Hl, Sweden 26/09/2026 · User46546 · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Germany 25/09/2026 · David Grunicke · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Canada 23/09/2026 · spencerh17 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Tømmervik, Karmøy, Ro, Norway 21/09/2026 · Arnt Kvinnesland · nbic · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 20/09/2026 · tetramorium_caespitum · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Russia 20/09/2026 · tetramorium_caespitum · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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