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Slave-making Ant

Formica sanguinea

524Records since 2000
JunePeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar30
Apr54
May84
Jun120
Jul81
Aug71
Sep37
Oct11
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland215
2Worcestershire England68
3Aberdeenshire Scotland68
4Surrey England55
5Moray Scotland29
6Dorset England6
7Aberdeen City Scotland5
8Herefordshire, County of England4
9West Berkshire England2
10Bracknell Forest England2
11Powys Wales1
206 England317 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
524
Peak month
June
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Formica sanguinea
Also known as
Slaver Ant
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
491
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Formica
Name with authority
Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
Described
1798
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1350298 · GBIF 1315006