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Jet Ant

Lasius fuliginosus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Lasius fuliginosus, also known as the jet ant or jet black ant, is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. Distribution This species has a wide distribution in Europe and Asia, from Portugal and Ireland in the west, Finland in the north to Italy in the south, and eastwards to Korea and Japan. In the UK, records suggest that while occasionally found further North before 1970, it is now found mostly south of The Wash, in East Anglia and Southern England, with a few colonies found in Ireland.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 4,346Germany · 1,979United Kingdom · 480France · 387Italy · 167Belgium · 162Switzerland · 155Spain · 79Luxembourg · 38