Where does the Pharaoh ant live?

Monomorium pharaonis has 2,694 records in 112 countries and territories, from 1849 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

2,694 records
112 places
123 years recorded
Insecta class

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraFormicidaeMonomorium

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. 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.

Records over time

18492026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	433
Costa Rica	294
Finland	187
Mexico	126
Australia	99
Madagascar	78
Papua New Guinea	76
Belgium	70
Canada	70
China	60
Switzerland	59
Colombia	54
Poland	42
Palau	42
Indonesia	38
Germany	37
United Kingdom	36
Russia	34
Seychelles	33
DR Congo	32
Côte d'Ivoire	32
Ghana	31
Serbia	28
India	26
Panama	25
Samoa	24
Thailand	21
Gambia	20
Czechia	19
Dominican Republic	19
Micronesia	19
Portugal	19
Malaysia	18
Tokelau	18
Brazil	17
Solomon Islands	17
Ecuador	16
Iceland	14
Cameroon	13
Vietnam	13

Showing the top 40 of 112 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Formicidae.

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.