---
title: "Jet Ant"
description: "Lasius fuliginosus — Insetti e ragni. Lasius fuliginosus, also known as the jet ant or jet black ant, is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/jet-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jet Ant

> Lasius fuliginosus — Insetti e ragni. Lasius fuliginosus, also known as the jet ant or jet black ant, is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae.

- Scientific name: *Lasius fuliginosus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9697
- Wikidata: [Q1351068](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351068)
- iNaturalist taxon: [124150](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124150)

## Names

- en: Jet Ant
- de: Glänzendschwarze Holzameise
- fr: Fourmi fuligineuse
- pl: Kartonówka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1592), AT (851), FR (688), RU (657), PL (630), NL (569), IT (412), CZ (399), HU (368), UA (352), GB (320), DK (275)

## Summary

Lasius fuliginosus, also known as the jet ant or jet black ant, is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasius_fuliginosus

## Photo

![Jet Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jet-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86760207

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/jet-ant?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).