
Solenopsis geminata
Geminata-group Fire Ants
As recorded: Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Formicidae
- Collected by
- S.A. Bautista
- Date
- May 2, 2000
- Locality
- Hilo Makani St.
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- D. Gruner
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Solenopsis geminata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2000. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 89 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-07.

2026-10-07
Dole St + East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
no rights reserved

2026-09-28
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-17
Kualakaʻi Pkwy, Ewa Beach, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-16
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) uuavey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-11
Kamehameha Hwy, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-09
Kamehameha Hwy, Halawa, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Solenopsis geminata. BPBM 2006029684. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 95291920. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/2006029684.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 95291920 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
