#3545 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Brown Tree Ant

🇳🇱 Boommier ·Lasius brunneus

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Lasius brunneus is a species of ant in the genus Lasius . The species is widely distributed in Europe, from Sweden in the north to Anatolia in the south. In England this species is almost always found nesting in oak trees or rotting wood mainly foraging in trees but has also been found under stones and foraging on the ground. It is thought to be underrecorded but is fairly common especially in the South East.

base stats

NL sightings 119iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,055iNaturalist observations

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 119 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
3,055 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1798 (228 years ago).