Species Detail - Scottish Wood Ant (Formica aquilonia) - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Formica aquilonia
Scottish Wood Ant
NHMSYS0000875949 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
foaqu
Yarrow, 1955
Insect - hymenopteran
Species
14
2
1
01/09/1894
17/03/1993
17 March (recorded in 1993)
31 October (recorded in 1987)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Scottish Wood Ant (Formica aquilonia), accessed 21 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/56448

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)