#3512 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Jet Ant

🇳🇱 Glanzende houtmier ·Lasius fuliginosus

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Philipp Hoenle · CC0
3. © Andrea Peterlongo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dr. Sven Gippner · CC BY 4.0
5. © Philipp Hoenle · CC0
6. © Bakos Ádám · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Sergio Ibarra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © konrad-m-a-kaczmarek · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lasius fuliginosus , also known as the jet ant or jet black ant , is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. 5–5 mm). The head is heart-shaped.

base stats

NL sightings 582iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,810iNaturalist 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 582 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #10 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
9,810 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1798 (228 years ago).