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Myrmica rubra

European fire ant

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Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Red Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Myrmica

Myrmica rubra

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

About the species

type species of the genus Myrmica

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(c) Marie Lou Legrand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

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

(c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Even Dankowicz · CC BY · iNaturalist

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

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

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

(c) Benjamin Burgunder, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Benjamin Burgunder · CC BY · iNaturalist

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

Occurrences (GBIF) 42 countries · 31802 records

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Year	Records
1800	4
1841	1
1845	1
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1853	18
1855	2
1857	4
1858	1
1866	2
1867	10
1869	4
1870	5
1872	2
1873	6
1876	1
1877	3
1884	5
1889	2
1891	4
1894	2
1895	1
1896	6
1897	1
1898	3
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	2
1903	4
1905	6
1906	1
1907	2
1908	4
1909	16
1910	28
1911	1
1912	26
1913	4
1914	19
1915	9
1916	7
1917	5
1918	10
1919	18
1920	49
1921	2
1922	47
1923	15
1924	19
1925	6
1926	2
1927	3
1928	11
1929	27
1930	37
1931	10
1932	12
1933	110
1934	1
1935	6
1936	43
1937	35
1938	107
1939	520
1940	222
1941	149
1942	50
1943	18
1944	17
1945	41
1946	23
1947	61
1948	39
1949	30
1950	19
1951	56
1952	27
1953	8
1954	77
1955	36
1956	27
1957	68
1958	16
1959	14
1960	16
1961	19
1962	63
1963	11
1964	139
1965	64
1966	76
1967	82
1968	42
1969	92
1970	43
1971	23
1972	41
1973	19
1974	43
1975	67
1976	50
1977	201
1978	98
1979	74
1980	87
1981	63
1982	58
1983	63
1984	65
1985	87
1986	136
1987	321
1988	310
1989	293
1990	207
1991	83
1992	411
1993	215
1994	214
1995	88
1996	141
1997	238
1998	153
1999	411
2000	1,126
2001	585
2002	1,042
2003	344
2004	258
2005	314
2006	402
2007	464
2008	602
2009	564
2010	708
2011	880
2012	427
2013	3,075
2014	586
2015	677
2016	877
2017	729
2018	886
2019	1,365
2020	853
2021	750
2022	827
2023	965
2024	1,108
2025	1,180
2026	891

Belgium · 6,295 United Kingdom · 3,730 Canada · 3,529 Switzerland · 3,223 Netherlands · 3,130 Finland · 1,753 Sweden · 1,592 France · 1,288 Denmark · 1,268 Germany · 1,253 Norway · 859 Poland · 670 Russia · 618 United States · 556 Austria · 494 Hungary · 303 Italy · 246 Estonia · 216 Ireland · 216 Luxembourg · 177 Åland Islands · 79 Ukraine · 71 Spain · 62 Croatia · 40 Czechia · 28 Serbia · 18 Belarus · 12 Japan · 12 Lithuania · 12 South Korea · 9 Slovakia · 9 Romania · 7 Bulgaria · 7 Portugal · 4 Slovenia · 4 Iceland · 3 Andorra · 2 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2 Latvia · 2 Indonesia · 1 Isle of Man · 1 Montenegro · 1

Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 50326 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Hardenberg - Rheezermaten, Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 385270 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Amsterdam - Heemtuin Vogeleiland, Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 99736 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Bergön, Vb, Sweden 14/08/2026 · Ralf Norberg · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record

Den Haag - Westduinpark, Netherlands 14/08/2026 · User 255461 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Den Haag - Westduinpark, Netherlands 13/08/2026 · Female · User 255461 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Vlieland - Bomenland, Netherlands 12/08/2026 · User 165002 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 10/08/2026 · Female · User 64119 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Canada 10/08/2026 · Female · Léo-Guy de Repentigny · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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