Black-backed meadow ant

base stats

• NL sightings 84iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 4,958iNaturalist observations
• threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• 👀Spotted 84 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍4,958 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783 (243 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Black-backed meadow ant

Nederlands

Zwartrugbosmier

scientific name

Formica pratensis

class

Insecta

order

Hymenoptera

family

Formicidae

IUCN Red List

NT · near threatened

sightings in NL

84

sightings in Europe

2,896

sightings worldwide

4,958

GBIF records in NL

1,548

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1783 by Anders Jahan Retzius

IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.