When it is recorded
Jan95
Feb170
Mar167
Apr189
May145
Jun151
Jul179
Aug145
Sep88
Oct99
Nov66
Dec69
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 539 | |
| 2 | Devon | England | 95 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 93 | |
| 4 | Essex | England | 85 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 82 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 51 | |
| 7 | Powys | Wales | 40 | |
| 8 | Monmouthshire | Wales | 31 | |
| 9 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 20 | |
| 10 | Gloucestershire | England | 19 | |
| 11 | Somerset | England | 17 | |
| 12 | Cumbria | England | 17 | |
| 13 | Peterborough | England | 8 | |
| 14 | Cornwall | England | 7 | |
| 15 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 7 |
1,606 England97 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,703
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 23
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- Scientific name
- Formica rufa
- Also known as
- Red Wood Ant
- Group
- Bees, wasps and ants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,755
- Conservation designations
- Global Red List (JNCC)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Formica
- Name with authority
- Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
- Described
- 1761
- Contributing datasets
- 15
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148769 · GBIF 1315132