🌍 World Animal Map

Bees, wasps & ants: where they live

Maps and quick facts for 46 bees, wasps & ants (Asian giant hornet, paraponera clavata, western honey bee, European hornet, Asian hornet). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show bees, wasps & ants on the world map

Asian giant hornetAsian giant hornetVespa mandariniaParaponera clavataParaponera clavataParaponera clavataWestern honey beeWestern honey beeApis melliferaData deficientEuropean hornetEuropean hornetVespa crabroAsian hornetAsian hornetVespa velutinaPharaoh antPharaoh antMonomorium pharaonisArgentine antArgentine antLinepithema humileRed imported fire antRed imported fire antSolenopsis invictaYellow crazy antYellow crazy antAnoplolepis gracilipesVespula germanicaVespula germanicaVespula germanicaOriental hornetOriental hornetVespa orientalisEmerald cockroach waspEmerald cockroach waspAmpulex compressaBlack garden antBlack garden antLasius nigerBombus terrestrisBombus terrestrisBombus terrestrisVespula vulgarisVespula vulgarisVespula vulgarisXylocopa violaceaXylocopa violaceaXylocopa violaceaApis dorsataApis dorsataApis dorsataApis ceranaApis ceranaApis ceranaEuropean paper waspEuropean paper waspPolistes dominulaOecophylla smaragdinaOecophylla smaragdinaOecophylla smaragdinaBombus lapidariusBombus lapidariusBombus lapidariusFormica rufaFormica rufaFormica rufaNear threatenedMyrmica rubraMyrmica rubraMyrmica rubraApis floreaApis floreaApis florea

All 46 bees, wasps & ants

Apidae 20

Formicidae 11

Vespidae 7

Andrenidae 2

Cynipidae 2

Ampulicidae 1

Colletidae 1

Megachilidae 1

Siricidae 1