Where does the Big-headed ant live?

Pheidole megacephala has 11,740 records in 123 countries and territories, from 1887 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

11,740 records
123 places
121 years recorded
Insecta class

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraFormicidaePheidole

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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

Place	Records	Share
Australia	3,016
Egypt	1,584
Madagascar	985
United States	869
South Africa	766
Mauritius	492
New Zealand	280
Mexico	224
Réunion	195
Seychelles	184
Cabo Verde	163
Ghana	163
Kenya	142
Mozambique	125
Rwanda	113
Ecuador	102
Gambia	100
New Caledonia	94
Portugal	87
DR Congo	80
Fiji	72
Micronesia	64
Nigeria	62
US Virgin Islands	59
Puerto Rico	52
Anguilla	50
Bermuda	48
Barbados	46
Cuba	45
Mayotte	38
Benin	33
Uganda	33
St Kitts & Nevis	30
ZZ	30
Côte d'Ivoire	27
Saint Martin	27
Trinidad & Tobago	27
Senegal	25
Spain	23
Brazil	22

Showing the top 40 of 123 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.