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Messor capitatus

Large-headed harvester ant

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Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)

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

European Seed Harvesting Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Messor

Messor capitatus

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

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species of insect

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no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist

(c) Max Carter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Max Carter · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Vitaliy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Vitaliy · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Emmett Collins-Sussman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Emmett Collins-Sussman · CC BY · iNaturalist

(c) Bartosz Fidor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bartosz Fidor · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

no rights reserved, uploaded by Victor · CC0 · iNaturalist

(c) Dario, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dario · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Ewen Amossé, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ewen Amossé · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

Occurrences (GBIF) 21 countries · 1770 records

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Year	Records
1896	1
1946	2
1947	2
1949	1
1960	7
1966	1
1969	1
1970	6
1972	1
1973	8
1974	2
1975	2
1976	2
1977	12
1978	2
1979	2
1980	3
1981	1
1982	1
1983	2
1984	3
1985	2
1986	1
1987	1
1988	2
1991	9
1998	1
2000	1
2001	6
2003	1
2004	4
2006	3
2007	3
2008	18
2009	20
2010	19
2011	18
2012	20
2013	64
2014	68
2015	27
2016	76
2017	53
2018	32
2019	44
2020	63
2021	56
2022	66
2023	94
2024	248
2025	188
2026	140

Spain · 679 France · 490 Italy · 399 Croatia · 86 Israel · 28 Malta · 20 Kuwait · 16 Portugal · 15 Algeria · 13 Slovenia · 4 Greece · 4 Tunisia · 3 Türkiye · 3 Serbia · 2 Morocco · 2 Egypt · 1 Jordan · 1 Oman · 1 Saudi Arabia · 1 Syria · 1 Yemen · 1

Spain 04/10/2026 · hapiflawer · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Spain 01/10/2026 · Sergio Ibarra · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Spain 30/09/2026 · Sergio Ibarra · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Spain 29/09/2026 · Sergio Ibarra · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Spain 29/09/2026 · Female · Sergio Ibarra · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Spain 26/09/2026 · Sergio Ibarra · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Spain 23/09/2026 · Oriol Yubero Bertrán · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 23/09/2026 · Female · Dirk Hofman · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Italy 23/09/2026 · Female · flavilla · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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