invasiveFormicidae
Wasmannia auropunctata
Little Fire Ant
The electric ant, also known as the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, is a small (approx 1.5 mm long), light to golden brown (ginger) social ant native to Central and South America, now spread to parts of Africa (including Gabon and Cameroon), North America, Puerto Rico, Israel, Cuba, and six Pacific Island groups (including the Galápagos Islands, Hawaii, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands) plus north-eastern Australia (Cairns),
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Where documented · 66 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 68 · GBIF 183 records
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 17 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 26
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 14
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 9
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 8
Kōloa · KauaʻiGBIF 7
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Haʻikū · KauaʻiGBIF 5
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiGBIF 5
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 4
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Anahola · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Kāhili · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Keālia · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Waipouli · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻieʻie · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Papaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻakuloa, Kapena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīkala 1-2, Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Weliweli · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kalihikai · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Waipake · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kīlauea · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kalāheo · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Iliʻililoa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
North Olohena · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Puua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pueopaku · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
South Olohena · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻakaʻaniu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiGBIF 1
East Waiakalua · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiGBIF 1