#3631 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Barbary Harvester Ant

🇳🇱 Roodkopgraanmier ·Messor barbarus

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

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

1. © Álvaro Alemany · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Julien Piolain · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Antonio J. Pizarro Méndez · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sergio Ibarra · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Bartosz Fidor · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Christiansfeld, 6070 Christiansfeld, Danmark:© Aleks Lund. · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Murcia, Spain:© ricardogh · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Lagameças, Portugal:© Christian Alder · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Christiansfeld, 6070 Christiansfeld, Danmark:© Aleks Lund. · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 03725 Teulada, Alicante, España:© eva_b_s · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Messor barbarus is a species of harvester ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found In Southern Europe and Northern Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,704iNaturalist 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.
7,704 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).