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Jet Ant

Lasius fuliginosus

751Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb4
Mar47
Apr105
May115
Jun103
Jul140
Aug119
Sep69
Oct23
Nov4
Dec5

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England50
2Surrey England48
3Cambridgeshire England43
4Devon England37
5Suffolk England35
6Swansea Wales31
7Oxfordshire England30
8Essex England29
9Cornwall England22
10Kent England18
11Pembrokeshire Wales17
12Somerset England14
13Sefton England10
14Worcestershire England9
15Carmarthenshire Wales9
592 England94 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
751
Peak month
July
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Lasius fuliginosus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
569
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Lasius
Name with authority
Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
Described
1798
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1351068 · GBIF 5035850