#3632 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Central European Bicolored Ant

🇳🇱 Muurmier ·Lasius emarginatus

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jonghyun Park · CC BY 4.0
2. © Julian Fuchs · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bakos Ádám · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Julian Fuchs · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
6. 465 E 21st St, New York, NY, US:© Jane Waters · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. GRCW+2M Burađa, Szerbia:© Bakos Ádám · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Central Park, New York, New York, United States:© Julian Fuchs · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Esztergom, Magyarország:© Bakos Ádám · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Chotilsko 149, 262 03 Chotilsko, Česko:© Jakub Duben · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lasius emarginatus is a species of boreal formicine ants.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,681iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,681 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1792 (234 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.