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Ant Colonies We Ship to Arizona
25 of our 46 ant species can ship to Arizona. USDA-APHIS makes live-ant shipping a state-by-state matter — each species needs a PPQ 526 permit for each destination state — so here is exactly how Arizona shakes out.
What we ship to Arizona (25)
What we can’t ship — and why
21 of our species can’t cross the Arizona line. USDA-APHIS requires a PPQ 526 permit per species, per destination state; these aren’t currently approved for Arizona: Camponotus castaneus, Pheidole morrisii, Solenopsis pergandei, Dorymyrmex bureni, Pogonomyrmex badius, Pheidole dentata, Camponotus floridanus, Pheidole lamia, Pheidole metallescens, Odontomachus brunneus, Solenopsis geminata, Pheidole littoralis, Nylanderia arenivaga, Tetramorium immigrans, Colobopsis impressa, Aphaenogaster fulva, Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus chromaiodes, Camponotus decipiens, Camponotus snellingi, Camponotus discolor. You can still read their care guides — and rules change as permits are granted.
Native to Arizona
Camponotus fragilis — “A low-desert and chaparral ant, running down most of the Baja California peninsula and north through San Diego County into the Riverside chaparral and the Mojave margins, east to about Tempe in Arizona and south into…”
Camponotus ocreatus — “A southwestern ant, running from California and Nevada through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and far down into Mexico, from about 40.3°N to 18.5°N, with Nevada records between 4,200 and 7,000 feet.”
Camponotus sansabeanus — “Named for San Saba County, Texas, where the species was first collected, and ranging west and north from there across the arid interior: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and northern Mexico.”
Crematogaster missouriensis — “A central and southeastern ant, recorded from Indiana and Kansas south through Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas to Florida, west into Arizona and New Mexico, and on into Mexico, spanning roughly 41.8°N down to…”
Formica neogagates — “A small, fast, unassuming Formica with an enormous range: coast to coast across southern Canada and the northern states, down the Appalachians to North Carolina, north to southern Alaska, and south through Nevada,…”
Pheidole spadonia — “Native to Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Northern Mexico.”
Pheidole tysoni — “Widely but patchily distributed, from New York south to northern Georgia and west through Tennessee and Kentucky, with separate montane populations in the mountains of southern Arizona and the Davis Mountains of west…”
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