When it is recorded
Jan11
Feb42
Mar189
Apr506
May824
Jun919
Jul909
Aug630
Sep246
Oct88
Nov37
Dec18
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 245 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 237 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 226 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 172 | |
| 5 | Highland | Scotland | 165 | |
| 6 | Sheffield | England | 107 | |
| 7 | Essex | England | 103 | |
| 8 | Sefton | England | 92 | |
| 9 | Worcestershire | England | 85 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 80 | |
| 11 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 78 | |
| 12 | Surrey | England | 75 | |
| 13 | Devon | England | 73 | |
| 14 | Gwynedd | Wales | 70 | |
| 15 | Swansea | Wales | 67 |
3,437 England380 Scotland423 Wales10 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 101 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 4,560
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 101
- Scientific name
- Lasius niger
- Group
- Bees, wasps and ants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,068
- Most recorded in
- Cornwall, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Highland, Sheffield, Essex, Sefton, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Argyll and Bute, Surrey +5
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Lasius
- Name with authority
- Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 33
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q839823 · GBIF 5035785