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Messor aciculatus

Japanese harvester ant

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Messor aciculatus (Smith, 1874)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026
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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Messor

Messor aciculatus

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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) Homemountain/Shan Gui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Homemountain/Shan Gui · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 4 countries · 456 records GBIF · updated on 07/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1848: 1 1910: 2 1925: 2 1945: 1 1962: 2 1982: 1 1988: 2 1990: 9 1992: 1 2004: 1 2006: 4 2007: 1 2008: 3 2009: 3 2010: 5 2011: 13 2012: 16 2013: 3 2014: 11 2015: 5 2016: 5 2017: 4 2019: 5 2020: 1 2021: 8 2022: 13 2023: 24 2024: 38 2025: 85 2026: 44
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YearRecords
18481
19102
19252
19451
19622
19821
19882
19909
19921
20041
20064
20071
20083
20093
20105
201113
201216
20133
201411
20155
20165
20174
20195
20201
20218
202213
202324
202438
202585
202644
South Korea · 237 Japan · 109 China · 107 Mongolia · 3
South Korea 28/05/2026 · Miyrumiyru · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 28/05/2026 · Miyrumiyru · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
China 28/05/2026 · 莲子 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 24/05/2026 · hinode-en · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 24/05/2026 · Desmond Anthony · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 22/05/2026 · Miyrumiyru · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
China 15/05/2026 · formica_chengi · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 13/05/2026 · Miyrumiyru · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Japan 25/04/2026 · hinode-en20250505 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
South Korea 25/04/2026 · 이병우 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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