Humusmier

base stats

• NL sightings 42iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 600iNaturalist 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 42 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍600 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Bernhard Seifert in 1991 (35 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands

Humusmier

scientific name

Lasius platythorax

class

Insecta

order

Hymenoptera

family

Formicidae

in NL

native

sightings in NL

42

sightings in Europe

331

sightings worldwide

600

GBIF records in NL

1,097

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1991 by Bernhard Seifert