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Messor structor

European harvester ant

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Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)

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

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Messor

Messor structor

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

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species of insect

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

(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Renoult · CC BY · iNaturalist

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

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

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Occurrences (GBIF) 24 countries · 2160 records

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Year	Records
1896	1
1904	2
1908	1
1912	2
1914	2
1918	2
1922	1
1925	2
1932	1
1935	10
1936	1
1940	2
1942	10
1946	4
1956	1
1969	3
1970	6
1972	1
1973	8
1974	1
1975	1
1976	2
1977	23
1979	6
1980	4
1982	3
1984	4
1985	4
1986	2
1988	1
1990	3
1991	5
1993	4
1997	5
2000	2
2001	5
2002	2
2004	2
2005	3
2006	9
2007	12
2008	43
2009	33
2010	29
2011	32
2012	17
2013	36
2014	785
2015	35
2016	55
2017	229
2018	27
2019	22
2020	28
2021	37
2022	40
2023	72
2024	124
2025	174
2026	62

France · 1,322 Hungary · 349 Spain · 172 Greece · 67 Czechia · 45 Austria · 43 Serbia · 36 Russia · 32 Slovakia · 18 Bulgaria · 17 Germany · 13 Ukraine · 7 Switzerland · 6 Italy · 6 Iran · 5 Uzbekistan · 5 Türkiye · 5 Romania · 3 Albania · 3 Belgium · 2 Croatia · 1 Morocco · 1 Portugal · 1 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 1

Albania 13/09/2026 · Female · Bakos Ádám · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Albania 13/09/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Hungary 01/09/2026 · Female · Mátyás Ötvös · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

France 27/08/2026 · elou16 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Hungary 18/08/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Hungary 14/08/2026 · Female · András Zámbó · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Hungary 11/08/2026 · Havasi Péter · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Bulgaria 11/08/2026 · al2411 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Serbia 16/07/2026 · Female · Bakos Ádám · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Serbia 16/07/2026 · Bakos Ádám · izeltlabuak.hu · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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