🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Iberian Harvester Ant live?

Messor ibericus has 984 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1904 to 2026. Most records come from Italy.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraFormicidaeMessor

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Italy 308
Switzerland 198
Spain 182
France 180
Greece 36
Germany 35
Croatia 17
Bulgaria 12
San Marino 6
Slovenia 5
Portugal 3
Albania 1
Türkiye 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.