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Scottish wood ant

Formica aquilonia

441Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
7Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb4
Mar12
Apr26
May74
Jun78
Jul93
Aug66
Sep67
Oct4
Nov7
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland320
2Aberdeenshire Scotland55
3Argyll and Bute Scotland29
4Moray Scotland19
5Perth and Kinross Scotland11
6Angus Scotland3
7North Ayrshire Scotland2
441 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
441
Peak month
July
Counties with records
7
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Formica aquilonia
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
436
Most recorded in
Highland, Aberdeenshire
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Formica
Name with authority
Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
Described
1955

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1236258 · GBIF 1314841